Not everything that is good for you is fun and not everything that is fun is good for you.

A certain formula for an unhappy life is pursue someone else's definition of success. Until you define your own goals and purposes your life is not your own and there can be no sense of fulfillment no matter how much you achieve.

Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.

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.

Christmas has a certain universal appeal that gives it meaning well beyond a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but Christians have a special duty to experience its sacred and profound spiritual significance and non-Christians have a duty to treat the day with special respect.

Ethics is not about the way things are, it is about the way things ought to be.

The best way to show true gratitude for all our blessings is to be genuinely happy.