Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald The Crack Up . By F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

What I learned through it is that we are not on this earth to accumulate victories, or trophies, or experiences, or even to avoid failures, ...

I know the soul's struggle of two people: Am I a painter or not? Of Rappard and of myself - a struggle, hard sometimes, a struggle which...

What happens to us becomes part of us. Resilient people do not bounce back from hard experiences; they find healthy ways to integrate them i...

There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. ERNEST HEMI...

'Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright  Benjamin Franklin  Autobiography and Other Writings by Benjamin Franklin, edited by Russel ...

An honest man doesn't suddenly become dishonest any more than a clean field suddenly becomes weedy.  Spencer W. Kimball The Miracle of F...

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed... The Habits of a vigorous mind a...

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. … All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it pat...

Sickness may waste the body, but the true life is the spirit within, that which thinks and feels and loves and suffers and wills and...

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten all aroun...

An Australian study has found that about one in five corporate executives are psychopaths – roughly the same rate as among prisoners.  ...

Many of us create to-do lists to remind us of things we want to accomplish. But people rarely have to-be lists. Why? To do’s are activit...

The best companies hire for attitude and train for skill. Pal’s [Sudden Service - a burger joint] 26 locations employ roughly 1,020 work...

Inspiring leaders walk the talk. They have character and conviction. They live by a different moral compass. They back up their words wit...

I have seen great beauty of spirit in some who were great sufferers. I have seen men, for the most part, grow better not worse with advan...

Remember this: there is no one great thing that you can do which will determine your happiness or success in life. Life is a series of li...

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve ...

Character, writes Amitai Etzoni , the George Washington University social theorist, is “the psychological muscle that moral conduct requi...

Above all, even in what might be considered the smallest “white lie,” ethical leaders are careful not to signal that hypocrisy is OK. As an...