The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. -Anna Quindlen

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. -Dale Carnegie

The best index to a person's character is (1) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (2) how he treats people who can't fight back. -Abigail van Buren