Personal integrity is important, not because it gets us what we want, but because it helps us be what we want.

Using the phrase business ethics might imply that the ethical rules and expectations are somehow different in business than in other contexts. There really is no such thing as business ethics. There is just ethics and the challenge for people in business and every other walk in life to acknowledge and live up to basic moral principles like honesty, respect, responsibility, fairness and caring.

Necessity is not merely the father of invention; it is the father of courage.

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.

America is a song that sounds the best when we all sing together - at least for a while.

We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.

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.