You are the captain of your own ship; don't let anyone else take the wheel.

Whatever you do, make a difference. Earn the right to look back at something and say, 'I did that.'

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own integrity.

Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth or power would bring fulfillment and their dignity, good name and self-esteem for the passing pleasures of sex and drugs.

Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see depends on where we stand and the angle of the light.

Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.