Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character.

Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.

It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.

Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts or kindnesses.

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

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 isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.