The business with which one is charged. What every man/woman needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation. Its success will be measured by the nature of his vision, what he has done to equip himself, and how well he has performed along the line of its development. ~ Joseph M. Dodge

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."~ Mitch Albom

"There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." ~ Napoleon Hill

"Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line."~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The willingness to extend one’s self for one’s own or another’s spiritual growth. ~ M. Scott Peck

Wisdom is the application of knowledge and the ability to evaluate situations and make valuable decisions.

"The superior person's learning goes in his ear, attaches to his heart, expands to the end of his limbs, and is established in his actions. Even in his smallest word or slightest action, he sets an example." ~ Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)

A person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.

Stewardship means that we weigh not only our own needs and desires but those of other people and future generations. We realize that none of us is a self-made person and that part of what we own is wealth that flows from others through us. We appreciate the natural resources, societal resources and financial resources that have been handed down to us by our ancestors and we are conscious of our own legacy.

A group of individuals who have learned how to communicate honestly with each other, whose relationships go deeper than their masks of composure, and who have developed some significant commitment to “rejoice together, mourn together,” and to “delight in each other, make others’ conditions our own.” ~ M. Scott Peck

Control (power over situations, to make someone do what you want) over the way you behave. Training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties (decision making) or moral character: a. Punishment b. Instruction