“It’s nice to be important, but it’s also important to be nice. Never forget that.”
-Sacha Baron Cohen
Service
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
—Audrey Hepburn
Growth
“Take a long pause, breathe, and know that things are happening for you not to you.”
-Ashton Kutcher
Kuleana
“You should never take more than you give.”
-Elton John
Character
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
—Warren Buffett
Will
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”
—Michael Jordan
Contentment
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
—Dr. Seuss
Simplicity
“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”
-Coco Chanel
Wisdom
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”
-Plato
Will
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
-William Shakespeare
Serenity
“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”
—Morris West
Aspiration
“When you cease to dream you cease to live.”
—Malcolm Forbes
Responsibility
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
-Voltaire
Attitude
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
—T.S. Eliot
Strength
“Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.”
-Rosa Parks
Character
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
-J.K. Rowling
Dignity
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.”
-Sophia Loren
Courage
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”
– Les Brown
Happiness
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
– John Lennon
Courage
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
