“Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.”

“Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

“How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?”

“Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

“Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.”

“• "If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.”