You know . . . I thought of another one. I read "Dan the Newsboy" by Horatio Algier when I was about 10 or 11. The rags to riches theme, the treat others respectfully themes have been with me my entire life. Since reading that book, I have always considered that I could become successful and well admired by being a good person and working hard.
I've also made it a point to be extremely strange, but that part wasn't in the book.