Gratitude is most treasured when it is unexpected. When we expect, even demand gratitude, we treat it simply as payment due for some service we rendered and we squeeze any good feeling out of it.

It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.

A person of character knows the difference between right and wrong and always tries to do the right thing for the right reason.

The choices you make in your life will make your life. Choose wisely.

Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.

There's some wisdom and no moral deficiency to one who holds courage in reserve and uses it as a last resort. Before we take the kind of risks that require courage, we ought to exhaust other less risky alternatives.

The only force that can sustain true and consistent courage is some form of spiritual belief that values like honor, duty, loyalty and integrity above the status, power, money and even security.