Parents can only give good advice or put them [children] on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

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"I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you."

- Anne Frank

Awareness

"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."

- Anne Frank

Compassion

"You can always give something, even if it is only kindness!"

- Anne Frank

Compassion

"No-one has ever become poor by giving."

- Anne Frank

Compassion

"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!"

- Anne Frank

Compassion

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"We have raised the bar. … But that doesn’t raise it just for the youth. That raises it for the parents, who have the primary responsibility for teaching their children principles. That raises it for the leaders. That raises it for the teachers. We’ve all got to take a step up in a world that is unraveling as fast as this one is."

- President M. Russell Ballard

Responsibility

"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."

- Unknown

Responsibility

"Life comes at a cost. Wouldn’t it be arrogant to die before you’ve repaid that debt?"

- Yuuji Kazami

Responsibility

"You can’t win a game by doing nothing. And if someone else wins it for you then you haven’t accomplished anything. Life is the same way."

- Junichirou Kagami

Responsibility

"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

Responsibility