Character is not only doing the right thing when no one is looking, it's doing the right thing when everyone is looking. It's being willing to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.

I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful.

There is no adversity that cannot be overcome by good character.

Hire for character, train for skills.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.

Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do.