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Inspirational Quotes

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“There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.”

Dr. Samuel Johnson
poet, essayist, lexicographer
friendship

“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
foresight

“Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.”

John Fellows Akers
business executive
trust

Integrity has no need of rules.”

Albert Camus
author and philosopher
integrity

“Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.”

Dr. William Claire Menninger
psychiatrist
character

“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th U.S. President
leadership

“A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.”

Unknown
rising above

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.”

John D. MacDonald
Author
integrity

“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.”

Ayn Rand
writer, philosopher
achievement

“...all true fame...is to be acquired only by noble deeds and high achievements and the establishment of a character founded upon the principles of truth, uprightness, and inflexible integrity.”

Alexander H. Stephens
Confederate Vice President during the U.S. Civil War
character

“Don't worry so much about your self- esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.”

Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Radio host, author
teamwork

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”

Dr. Samuel Johnson
poet, essayist, lexicographer
integrity

“Be daring, be different, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers...”

Cecil Beaton
Academy Award-winning designer and photographer
vision

“Parents, teach your children to express themselves. Teach them to be in touch with their emotions, to speak honestly to people, and to maintain integrity and stick by their principles in all they do. This is perhaps the highest morality you can instill.”

Jeffery Bryant
leadership

“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
writer
integrity

“When you tackle a challenge that you cannot even fathom tackling—when you accomplish that, the amount of integrity and the will and the heart that you'll get from from that experience is what will set you up for your life.”

Marlon Shirley
Paralympic athlete
fitness

“Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.”

George Santayana
philosopher, poet, essayist, novelist
strength

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”

Zig Ziglar
motivational author, speaker
integrity

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Official Pass It On® Billboards

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INTEGRITY

As the idea of this billboard campaign was being created, we wanted to focus on people who were making a difference in our communities. Around this same time, it just so happened that our creative director, Jay,...

MOTIVATION

When 45-year-old Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he chose to focus on living rather than dying. As a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch was asked to deliver a “last...

OVERCOMING

Marlon Shirley saw his fair share of struggles as a young boy, living with his mother who was gone a lot and moved frequently to keep trouble from catching up with her. Shirley was five years old when, living with...




Your Hero Stories

Found 54 Hero Stories

REACHING OUT
RHONDA K After a bad childhood & no family; I lacked a huge concern for others. With no hope, I came to VCU as a lost freshman. Little did I know, my life would be changed forever by my advisor. Mrs. K. came into my life in August 2004 and I quickly bonded with her. I felt I could trust her, something not normal for me....
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COURAGE
MUHAMMAD A Ali is my hero for two reasons: one, he worked extremely hard to become the best at his chosen profession and two, he had the utmost integrity, always doing what he thought was right, regardless of the consequences. He has so many famous quotes but my favorite is this: "I know where I'm going and I know the...
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INTEGRITY
PAUL R He managed a hotel in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. I have never met him, but I am in awe of Paul Rusesabagina's integrity, courage and honor!
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CHARACTER
DR. GERALD G My father taught me about faith, compassion and integrity. He was a man who spoke not one negative word about a person. He exemplified professionalism. He allowed me to grow into a man without judging me. Thanks to him I have the confidence I do and continue to believe in myself.
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CARING
ANNA N My grandmother is my hero. During World War II, she put off her education in order to serve as a nurse in the Navy. Later, she went on to get her Master's degree at Columbia University- something not many women were doing at the time. Instead of choosing a more lucrative career, she chose to come home to our...
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INTEGRITY
E.F. S E.F. was my grandfather, and he passed away of Alzheimer's on July 31, 2009. He was the greatest man I've ever known. E.F. Smith, Jr., possessed every quality that is admirable in a human being. I feel not only lucky and privileged to have had him for my grandfather for 42 years, but honored to have known him...
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INTEGRITY
DONALD L Aside from being a terrific father, my dad showed me what integrity meant all the time. He was a good friend to so many people. He died peacefully about five years ago and I thought I knew all I could know about him. Last weekend at a church social, a former babysitter of mine told me that her father had called...
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TEACHING BY EXAMPLE
JEFF A Mr. A was the principal of my middle school and one of the most kind, upstanding and grateful people I have ever known. He treated silly middle school drama and tears with laughter, compassion and patience that only someone who truly cared about his students could muster. His solution for a fight between friends...
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
SELENA B Born and raised in Compton, California Selena joined a street gang at just the age of fourteen. After nearly ten years of the violent and toxic lifestyle, Selena discovered a new plan and hopeful purpose for her life. Since walking away and embracing her new found identity, she has been a victim?s advocate for...
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COURAGE
PASSION "Passion “ In my life I have seen a lot of groups of people who are passionate about things, such as careers or activities that people are proud of. I have also seen people who are passionate about work and earning a living. However, I have seen a person who lost his left arm but was still passionate about...
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
SUSAN H When I was growing up my family consisted of three brothers and two sisters. My two sisters are much younger than I am. As I grew older I always wished I had an older sister (while I have an older brother it's not the same thing). To my way of thinking an older sister is someone who can inspire you to do...
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HONESTY
TELLING THE TRUTH When I was about 13 or 14 years old, I got caught in a few lies, my father told me that if I ever find that I have to lie about what I was doing, then I was doing the wrong thing... I didn't reform my ways immediately but what he said stuck with me. I am now 66 years old and I've made a considerable effort...
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INTEGRITY
WILLIAM D My hero is my father.He passed away on February 23,2012 at age 90. He lived his life with pure integrity, love,gentility,graciousness, humor, a steady calmness, a devout spirituality and always chose do do the right thing no matter how difficult it might have been. He is the hero to many people and he will always...
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COMPASSION
STEVEN W Steve W., Rufus King High School's hero, selflessly devotes time, talent and treasure to better the school and its students. A man of deep integrity, he embodies the qualities of the National Honor Society chapter he runs: scholarship, service, leadership, character. Spending 12 hours every weekday and often...
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PATIENCE
KRISTA BRIANNA Beauty, Intelligence, Integrity and Kindness these are just some word that I use to describe my hero. Mother, Lover, Wife and Friend, these are some of the titles she has been known to go by. I met Krista about 5 years ago when I had nothing but a rather large ego and even bigger dreams. Yet some how, I caught...
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CHARACTER
JUSTIN P Courage. Character. Integrity. Inspiration. Selflessness. These are words describing my nominee, Justin - a former student of mine and an enduring friend. Justin is still dealing with a lot of medical and neurological issues that started a few years ago. However, he has been a true hero to me because of all...
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AMBITION
ON AMBITION It is an odd thing, to think you might have peaked in your life; to contemplate however briefly, that the very best, most productive years might be behind you. Odder still, is the acknowledgement that you simply do not operate from the same appetites that once propelled you. It feels strange to discover that just...
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TEACHING BY EXAMPLE
JOE SLYMAN Joe Slyman is my father. I cannot express to you in words how blessed that makes me. I was the first out of three children my parents adopted. My whole entire life, that's thirty-six years, I've never once witnessed my parents disrespect each other or put each other down. I've been so lucky to have a father who...
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INTEGRITY
RE-ESTABLISHING INTEGRITY I never thought about how important integrity is in life until I was in the middle of some trouble. After I thought about what I did and how foolish it was, I went back to the people I affected negatively and asked to correct the situation. To my surprise, they had positive words to give me and mentioned how...
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CHARACTER
VICTOR BLANCHARD My 25 year old son is my hero because more than any other adult I know he lives by a code...of honesty and integrity. He isn't noble because I raised him that way. I get credit for it, but it's his choice. Victor has faced enormous challenges - as we joke - epic challenges. But he faces every setback with...
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CHARACTER
DUNCAN M C I'm sure most people think (at least one of) their parents is/was a hero; I think my Dad was. A talented man, unassuming, creative, inventive, and unappreciated. I wish he was alive today, now that I am old enough to treasure him. One motto he taught me was "You're about as happy as you make up your mind to be."...
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CHARACTER
WALKING THROUGH THE NARROW GATE OF LEADERSHIP© Walking Through the Narrow Gate of Leadership© By Eileen Timmins, Ph.D. Being a good leader can be lonely sometimes. It is not easy setting the tone and being the role model for a department or an organization. Every move is observed and transformed into a perceived action by employees. The leader must...
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LOVE
DOROTHY H My mom is my hero. Although Mom was not highly educated (she went to the 8th grade) she had an innate sense of how to treat people - all people. She taught me about fairness, consideration for others, respect, love, integrity, kind-heartedness and the importance of staying true to your values. And, she was the...
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
TEACH THEM IN THE WAY TO GO I grew up in a very proper Catholic family. Five brothers and me, with just enough of all the right ingredients to make it a childhood well remembered. It was a very strict upbringing, and, in those days, more the norm than not. My father used some unusual techniques to teach us and rarely spared us from the...
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RESPECT
JORGE M My hero is my husband, Jorge. I met Jorge when I was at a very difficult point in my life. I had just graduated high school and I didn’t know whether I was coming or going half of the time. I was all about the party and not at all about responsibility. Before meeting Jorge, I never thought it was possible for...
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FRIENDSHIP
A TRUE FRIEND For as long as I can remember, I have had a friend through a friend of my mother's. My mom and her mom met through a downhill skiing group for people with disabilities. I am disabled, and her mother is disabled. We lived about 45 minutes away from each other so we didn't really grow up together, but we spent...
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TRUE BEAUTY
SUZZETTE E My hero is my pastor's wife, Suzzette. She is an amazing woman. She has advanced Parkinson's disease but you will never hear her complain. She always has a smile on her face and is always helping someone in need. She never speaks discouragingly about anyone. She is an amazing woman. A woman of faith, integrity,...
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PERSEVERANCE
JOANNIE R Joannie R. is my hero because to me, she represents what it means to be a great Canadian. She has pride in her country and isn't scared to be proud of her roots and where she came from. I believe this is a great quality for a person to have because it shows that she has values and integrity in what she does. She...
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INTEGRITY
IRVEN E He was born in another era, before cars and phones and even radio. He quit school after the 8th grade because that's all the school there was, and then in 1917, at age 20, he went to war in France as a dough-boy. Raising a family in the 20s and 30s was tough since he was laid off from his railroad job with the...
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DETERMINATION
BARDI TOTO DRAKE Bardi Toto is the most amazing giving woman I have ever met. She is a NY Times Best Seller, of a book Titled Thinking Upside Down Living Rightside Up. Her new book is The Power of Asking. Voted #1 Must Read book of 2014. She founded gratitude lifestyle magazine and is the founder of gratitudeclothing and...
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REACHING OUT
RONALD AND LYDIA J My heroes are my grandparents: Ronald and Lydia J. They not only raised me but taught me that character and responsibility are more important than how much money you have, the college degrees you have earned or the job you hold. Your character is the foundation of who you are. As they say, 'the true test of a man...
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LEADERSHIP
RAYME N Lifetime of Service Random acts of kindness, a sudden epiphany or a midlife conversion define so many of our acts of charity. Even amongst those serving in not-for-profit charities, in time many become hardened to the brokenness and pain life sometime brings others. However, there are those few exceptional...
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INTEGRITY
INTEGRITY VS. CHEETOS When I was probably about 6 years old I remember being the least sneaky of all children. One time I had hot cheetos and my dad asked me if I had eaten them before dinner so I lied and said I hadn't. It was obvious that I had in fact been eating hot cheetos as I was literally caught red-handed in my lie. Around...
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DEVOTION
MIKE BEARD My dad is my personal hero. The image provided is a picture of him earlier this year (2013) with my niece flying a kite together. He was filled with love and life while he was with us. He passed away on September 12, 2013 from a motorcycle wreck. He always had time to spend with his family as has inspired all...
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ACHIEVEMENT
KEITH DYE L A man by the name of Keith Dye introduced himself into my life in 1981. Keith served 24 years in the Air Force, retiring as a E-9 after defending our country in many different capacities. Keith was a high school drop out who later got a GED and graduated college with a degree in Business, all while raising three...
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FAMILY
UNCLE CEC- WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? My uncle ‘Cec’ was a great inspiration to me. I think of him often and the things he had inspired in me as a child. The last time I saw him was at my brother’s funeral in 2007. He had grown a little feeble and I thought I saw a little glaze in his eyes, very unlike the man I knew as a child. I remembered...
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GRATITUDE
BARDI TOTO Bardi Toto is the most amazing giving woman I have ever met. She is a NY Times Best Seller, of a book Titled Thinking Upside Down Living Rightside Up. She founded gratitude lifestyle magazine and is the founder of gratitudeclothing and kidsforgratitude which I hear she is launching this week. She is all about...
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CARING
JAIME P I call him my hero. He not only taught me everything I know about Martial Arts, but he also taught me how to love, and how to care. He wasn't just another guy in my life who did some great stuff and then slowly faded away. He was always there when I was in need of help. Whenever I was down, he was there to pick...
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CARING
CALVIN S My husband had a dream and founded StoryTellers of The American Frontier (SAF). A non-profit organization with a Western Frontier premise that would help him reach young people, especially troubled teenage boys, just as the TV western heroes of the past had inspired him. They literally saved his life. His mission...
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HONOR
NORBERT DELEBREAU A role model is someone that you can look up to with the positive things they do. My role model is my father, Norbert (Dan) Delebreau. He inspires me every day with all that he does. He is a police officer and works hard every day to keep Brown County a safer place. Police officers are called pigs and my dad...
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INTEGRITY
EVERY DOG HAS IT'S DAY It was a Friday morning, and I was on my way to the local high school to go for a run. There was traffic that morning, which was strange for such a small town. I realized that cars had begun to slow down to stare at a dog that was sitting in the middle of the road. The cars never pulled over, or seemed to really...
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COURAGE
EIGHT BIRDS, TWO MOUNTAINS, AND ONE BIG CHEVY MALIBU "I am convinced my life belongs to the whole community; and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I got hold of for a moment, and I want to...
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LEADERSHIP
ELISABETH FELIX I am a fulltime counselor at the nonprofit Cambria County Camp Cadet program. Camp Cadet is a weeklong, overnight camp for children ages 12-15, which is designed to make good kids better. The camp is geared towards building leadership, integrity, honesty, physical wellbeing, and respect. Elisabeth was a Cadet...
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INTEGRITY
EMILY W I would like to nominate Emily for being a hero. She is the perfect example for a hero because she shows her Theater Arts students respect, integrity, and kindness. Mrs. W. has helped many students become not only wonderful actors and actresses but helped her public school students become role models. Mrs. Emily...
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LOVE
BILL D Bill is my hero, friend and mentor. As an elder, he has been in relentless service of my personal growth and that of numerous men in his community. Bill is a man of integrity, power and joy. He serves many communities with passion and truth. I am so blessed to be blessed by Bill.
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
CONNECTED TO THE VINE I as raised by devoted Catholics and old school ways. My dad was a man of integrity and always preaching to myself and my four brothers about earning a honest living. He would say " I do not care if you do not go to college as long as you are making a honest living digging ditches or laboring , you will never...
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APPRECIATION
RANDY My hero is a wondrous man named Randy Pausch. His entire life, he has been a symbol of greatness and integrity. Even as he discovered he had cancer, he chose not to mope and dread the inevitable. Instead, Randy became an embodiment of hope and eternal optimism. His memory still lives on today and continues to...
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INTEGRITY
KATHY REINSAGER It's my Mother. My entire upbringing of respect, honesty, integrity, morality and treating people like I want to be treated is because of her. She is a very remarkable woman who always puts everyone ahead of herself and is always thinking of others. It's not uncommon for her to send someone a card, simply...
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HONESTY
ERIC'S HONESTY Eric Gravbrot, a homeschool student representing West Valley High School in Yakima, Washington, won the state Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s 3A boys’ golf championship in May. His honesty/sportsmanship played a key role. On hole #8, he was at even par. It was a par 3 hole, and he missed...
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HONESTY
THE KEY AND THE SCHOOLWORK Nothing good happened the time I lied. You will never get away with lying and not always thinking. You’ll almost always get caught. The time I lied my mom was gone and I was with my dad, we were at my brothers football game and I asked my dad if I could go get something from the car. He said yes and gave me the...
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CARING
BARBARA LACOUR Person of Kindness “Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. My hero fits this quote well. My grandmother was a nice, caring, and loving woman. When someone needs something she gave her last, it didn’t matter if it was the clothes...
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INTEGRITY
I AM MY FATHER'S LEGACY I am my father’s legacy. I shudder at the thought. Though all my life I’ve tried to do What my daddy said I ought. He set for me high standards And didn’t let me slack. Whenever I veered off the trail, My dad, he brought me back. Dad was ever constant with me– Even when he wasn’t there. His presence...
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COURTESY
CHRIS F Chris became quadriplegic (from shoulders down) in a boating accident about 10 years ago. He has recovered as fully as physically possible. During that time obtained a graduate level certificate in Assistive Technology at San Diego State University, returned to full-time work as an engineer, and married his wife,...
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ACHIEVEMENT
DR. ERICA A. MURRAY Dr. Erica A. Murray, serial entrepreneur, author, mentor, educator, syndicated radio show host, and keynote speaker. For over 20 years, she has worked diligently as a serial entrepreneur, consummating business transactions globally and establishing an impressive clientele, through her mortgage...
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Newspaper Articles

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TRUST
EARNING TRUST
Nancy was suddenly a single mother. Her husband of 17 years passed away leaving her with kids to finish raising and no savings. Nancy was from a hardworking family but she lacked skills.
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BE THE KEY
THE KEY TO LIFE. Father-and-son locksmiths Phil and Philip Mortillaro share the simple wisdom of being happy. From the StoryCorps collection.
Phil Mortillaro is the son of immigrants. He has worked as a locksmith since he left school in the eighth grade. All five of his children grew up watching their father work hard in his Greenwich Village shop, but only his youngest son followed in his footsteps and became a locksmith as well.
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