"Advice to my grandchildren:

• Be proud of your reputation. That's really all you have that is really yours.

• Do what is right. Do your best. Treat others as THEY want to be treated. Don't do anything I wouldn't want to read about on the front page of the paper.

• I don't care if you are a doctor or a lawyer or a ditch digger - but whatever you choose, do it so well you would put your name on it. And, if you are still celebrating what you did yesterday, you haven't done much today.

• Learn from the mistakes you make, but, more importantly, learn from the mistakes of others.

• Eat with your family. Insist on it.

• Have family traditions - times you set aside to do things with the family.

• Life is about selling. I worked for many years as a shoe salesman. That may have been my best training. Selling is NOT deception. Be honest in all you do.

• Service is important. You should do service for the sake of helping others.

• With people you get to work with or HAVE to work with, find common ground.

• The most important decision you will make in your life is marriage. My hope is that you will find someone who can be your best friend - someone you miss when away and enjoy waking up with every morning, someone different enough to cover your weaknesses and strong enough to rely on you for your strengths, someone who shares your faith and someone mutually faithful.

• Finally and most importantly, find faith in God. There will be times that will try you. With faith you can pray for help through the suffering - and with faith, God will always answer that prayer. Don't try to live life on your own strength. No one has ever been that strong."