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

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.

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.

We just do what we do, we’re grateful every night when there’s people in front of the stage and singing our songs back at us.

When we feel sad, all we need to do is to count our blessings, no matter how few we notice.

So we can feel grateful for what we have been given. Sadness soon disappears and, in return, we get inspired to bless others.

Omnipresence can be a good or bad thing, I suppose. I don’t want to spend a lot of time thinking about it. I’m super-grateful.

I’m grateful for the people who watch everyday because if the viewers don’t tune in, I don’t have a job and I know that.

And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.

Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.

So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.