"Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."  --Henry David Thoreau

"In these words from an 1848 letter to his friend Harrison Blake, the writer implores us to endeavor to find a reason to be good people beyond just knowing that we should be. Having some sort of solid motivation to back us up increases our chances of becoming the kind of people we’d be proud of."  --inspiringquotes.com