"The things that we love tell us what we are."
-Thomas Aquinas
Success
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
-Vince Lombardi
Love
"To love another person is to see the face of God."
-Victor Hugo
Judgement
"The more one judges, the less one loves."
-Honoré de Balzac
Love
"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
-Mother Teresa
Fatherhood
"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
-Rev. Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC
Happiness
"There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way."
-Thich Nhat Hanh
Forgiveness
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
-Mahatma Gandhi
Beauty
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it."
-Confucius
Courage
"The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”
– Albert Einstein
Friendship
"Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness."
-Euripides
Honor
"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."
-Sophocles
Wholeness
"One's not half of two; two are halves of one."
-E.E. Cummings
Bravery
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
-Thucydides
Confidence
"...until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life.”
-Rocky Balboa
Responsibility
"...you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!"
-Rocky Balboa
Perseverance
"...it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!”
-Rocky Balboa
Attentiveness
"You can observe a lot by just watching."
-Yogi Berra
Attitude
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."
-Walt Whitman
Character
"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath."
-Aeschylus
