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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