Ethics, Integrity, Courage, Dignity

• A man does the job no one else wants to do.
• A man lives with integrity every day.
• The most important form of courage is moral courage.
• Live with quiet dignity.

~ “Atticus Finch”

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Entertaining

An educated man can…
entertain himself;
entertain a friend;
entertain a new idea.

~ Brett McKay

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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.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

~ unknown

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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;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.

~ William A. Ward

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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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