For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
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.
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.
Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.