Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.