I do claim to be a penitent man. I will proclaim personal integrity as the most important attainable tool that I strive for to reach wisdom and righteousness. I must live with myself. I must live with myself knowing that one day all I have thought and done, I will be held accountable for. And I rest well at night comfortable that, in as much as one can, I do allow Him to guide me waking, so that He may guard me sleeping.
Temporal life is short.
All we are given is time. The days we walk this earth are no more than a screen test, if you will, of each of our souls. Don't waste it chasing anything that on your deathbed seems unimportant. Spend each precious moment as carefully as you would if you knew that you only had three hours left to live. Take the time necessary to do those things you would do right.