Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters ― Albert Einstein

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Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

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May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause.

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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.― Marcus Aurelius

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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.― Charlotte Brontë

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When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

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I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.― Charlotte Brontë

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The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you're not.

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