There is within you, waiting to be called, a great source of power called courage. Call its name and it will give you the strength to confront challenges despite fear and to continue and the heart to continue with bold confidence despite the pain of caused by tragedy.

The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How we behave when we think no one is looking or when we don't think we will get caught more accurately portrays our character than what we say or do in service of our reputations.

If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become.

Don't ask whether it is going to be easy. Ask whether it is worth it.

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.

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

When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages.