At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others.

There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.

Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.

There are two sure ways to fail: never get started and quit before you succeed. Many companies promote the language of risk-taking and innovation but are so concerned with short term profit goals that their culture discourages innovation (trying new things) and abandons promising projects too soon. It shouldn't require exceptional moral courage to try new things and stick with them.

Character is just another term for "good person." A person of character lives a worthy life guided by moral principles. A person of character is a good parent, a good friend, a good employee and a good citizen.

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

If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become.