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“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.” Heraclitus of Ephesus

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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. - Herodotus

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When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. - Confucius

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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. - Confucius

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"There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness." - Cicero

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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. - Plato

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"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu

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Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others. This is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided. - Aristotle

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