If you do the right thing, eventually you will inspire others to do the right thing.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.

