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

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.

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.

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!

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.

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline – which prevented it from entering the environment.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.

Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.

Re-vision – the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for woman more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.

Re-vision — the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.

You’re entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

I moved around a lot as a kid, and when you’re always entering new places at that age,