The greatest honor is your children looking up to you one day with respect, where you inspire them to do greater things, help other people, and be true to themselves without hurting other people to achieve their goals, choosing the hard right over the easy wrong

When people look back on my life the one and only honor I can hope for is respect. That even though someone may not have agreed with me, lived by the same moral codes, or strove for similar goals, I was still human, and always allowed myself to be, I never pretended to be something to please people, hurt someone intentionally, or betrayed someone I cared for.

Have honor and respect, and always keep your word. Your word is sacred. What you say and what you do build your character, and how others perceive you. While having respect, honor, maturity, and character are important, there will always be people who believe rumors or lies. These people do not deserve the attention they seek. Do not allow other people to belittle your worth, and more importantly do not belittle yourself.

Ask yourself these two questions every day: am I the company I'd like my future self to keep; and am I the example I'd want my future children to strive for? Love with everything you have, but do not make the love of one person everything you have. Have friends, hobbies, and dreams that are separate from a significant other.

Love is an action, not an explaination.

Love is not the big acts of confirmation we make, but the continuous little tasks we do for someone else. True love is where you don't have to be reminded of the promises or commitments you make to a person, but where loving them becomes a piece of you.