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.

Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.

It is better to be unsuccessful pursuing a significant goal that being successful attaining an insignificant one.

Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.