We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

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.

Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.

Don't confuse fun with fulfillment, or pleasure with happiness.

Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.

Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.