Ethics is not about the way things are, it is about the way things ought to be.

A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success.

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.

Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.

Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.

Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher.