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The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.

The real test of character is whether you will do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.

If you are the boss it's wise to remember that there are lots of things you don't know and lots of people who hope you won't find out.

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

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

There's a hole in the moral ozone and it's getting bigger.

Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.

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

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults.

Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.

Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.

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

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

A person of character knows the difference between right and wrong and always tries to do the right thing for the right reason.

It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.

What you allow, you encourage.

It is better to be unsuccessful pursuing a significant goal that being successful attaining an insignificant one.

Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do.

It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.

We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.

Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.

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

A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.

Don't ask whether it's going to be easy. Ask whether it's going to be worth it.

Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.

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

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

It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair

Be thankful for quality competitors who push you to your limit.

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

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.

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

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

When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose.

Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.

You don't have to be sick to get better.

One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.

The key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort.

Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher.

Surround our children with a message of honor

Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.

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

If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.

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

Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.

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

No word makes me happier than the word "daddy" when it's directed to me.

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

A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and moral principles.

A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.

Don't sacrifice a good life for a good time.

Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.

You can't escape moral judgment through a legal loop hole.

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.

You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter.

What will matter is not your success but your significance ...

Ethics is not for wimps. It's not easy being a good person. That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement

Character is ethics in action.

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

People who don't believe in you are right only if you believe they are.

The choices you make in your life will make your life. Choose wisely.

Success comes in cans. Failures comes in can'ts.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

Don't confuse fun with fulfillment, or pleasure with happiness.

On a practical level, there are two vital steps to ethical behavior:
knowing what is right and doing it.

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

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

A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success.

Integrity, respect, compassion, and fairness become obstacles to people who think winning is everything

Gratefulness is a payment everyone can afford.

Hire for character, train for skills.

To separate the purpose of a business from the purpose of people who are in the business is, I think, not a good thing.

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

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

Your life is your ship and you are the captain. Choose your course, take the wheel firmly and get on your way.

Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.

Values are good things only if they are good values.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.

Many things in life are not fair but all things should be.

Don't ask whether it is going to be easy. Ask whether it is worth it.

Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs.

How many times do you get to lie before you are a liar?

It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.