"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them."

"We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts."

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close."