• A man does the job no one else wants to do.
~ “Atticus Finch”
• A man lives with integrity every day.
• The most important form of courage is moral courage.
• Live with quiet dignity.
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Ethics, Integrity, Courage, Dignity →
Entertaining →
An educated man can…
~ Brett McKay
entertain himself;
entertain a friend;
entertain a new idea.
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Two important days →
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why.
~ Mark Twain
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Past, Future, Present →
If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
~ unknown
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
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Tired of chasing →
Giving up and moving on are two very different things. There comes a point when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything, but it’s not giving up, and it’s not the end. It’s a new beginning. It’s realizing, finally, that you don’t need certain people and things and the drama they bring.
~ Marc Chernoff
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Improve your argument →
My father used to say, “Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.”
~ Desmond Tutu
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Caring and understanding →
Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.
~ Homer J. Simpson, in The Simpsons (“Lisa the Greek”), (1992 TV series, s3e7)
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Everything is temporary →
Everything in life is temporary. So if things are going good, enjoy it because it won’t last forever. …and if things are going bad, don’t worry; It won’t last forever either.
~ unknown
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Adjust the sails →
The pessimist complains about the wind;
~ William A. Ward
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.
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Royal road to simplicity →
No character can be simple unless it is based on truth — unless it is lived in harmony with one’s own conscience and ideals. Simplicity is the pure white light of a life lived from within. It is destroyed by any attempt to live in harmony with public opinion. Public opinion is a conscience owned by a syndicate — where the individual is merely a stockholder. But the individual has a conscience of which he is sole proprietor. Adjusting his life to his own ideals is the royal road to simplicity. Affectation is the confession of inferiority; It is an unnecessary proclamation that one is not living the life he pretends to live.
~ William G. Jordan
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