No written word nor spoken plea Can teach our youth what they should be. Nor all the books on all the shelves. It's what the teachers are themselves.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are.

Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.

Don't resent, fear, or judge the next generation, believe in them.

To be good is noble, but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.

Give me a young man in whom there is something of the old, and an old man with something of the young: guided so, a man may grow old in body, but never in mind.

You may be the only Bible some people ever read. So the question is: Are you a good translation?

You're never too old to go after the dreams God has put in your heart. And for the record, you're never too young either. Age is never a valid excuse.

In his brilliant book The Road to Character, David Brooks makes a distinction between résumé virtues and eulogy virtues. Résumé virtues are the skills you need to make a living, and those are often the most celebrated virtues in our culture. But when it comes to making a life, eulogy virtues win the day. These are the virtues that get talked about at your funeral.

Your life is your sermon...Are you a good translation?

Ultimately, discipling involves living out the whole Christian life before others.