"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."

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"Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods."

- Denis Waitley

Love

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in a talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude."

- Denis Waitley

Belief

"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."

- Denis Waitley

Compassion

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

- Denis Waitley

Happiness

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

- Denis Waitley

Happiness

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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