You can never really live anyone else's life not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you've become yourself.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs....
The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do...
I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.