“As cruel as life might be at times, if you throw in the towel, which is what everyone will expect, then nothing good will happen and your life will fall apart. Be better than that!”

You can’t be a successful leader or mentor until you have served. You can’t serve until you have stepped out of your comfort zone. And you can’t step out of your comfort zone unless you have character and keep your word.

Only by entering new and unfamiliar worlds can a person change society as well as self.

There is one possession that can never be taken away as long as you will not allow it to be taken, and that is your word.

In our community, we have a duty to strengthen the weakest among us to build a better society.

Players win games, and coaches win players.

Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching.

We should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back.

No matter how many good deeds we preform, they aren’t the ticket to earning God’s favor. God graces us in spite of what we do in this life, not because of.

Many men beg for a job but have no clue what hard work really means.

Recognize the remarkable individuals in your life who help you envision a world far beyond yourself.

The true measure of a person’s character is how one handles one’s failures, not successes.

A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.

What builds character? It’s a commitment to integrity, hard work, honor and keeping your word. All of that comes straight out of the Sigma Nu Creed.

If everybody understood that you get back in spades what you put in in terms of service, not only will everybody’s lives be more fulfilling – I mean can you imagine a society look like that? I’m Bill Courtney and I share hope.

The measure of a man’s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.

I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.

I am somehow inclined to move against this current, in search of what it might mean to be connected not just spiritually, but also vertically.

Google might be doping the horses.

The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.

There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.

I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.

That she might not actually know us seemed the humblest thing a mother could admit.

If you’re gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn’t work that way.