Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

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

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

The only force that can sustain true and consistent courage is some form of spiritual belief that values like honor, duty, loyalty and integrity above the status, power, money and even security.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.

Being a father is the most important role I will ever play and if I don't do this well, no other thing I do really matters.

Neither heredity nor environment determine character. But whether we give in to or overcome the negative messages we are exposed to as we wend our way through life is often determined by whether our parents, teachers, mentors and friends exposed us to good examples and morally inspiring ideas.