On Reputation
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of — for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation […]
What Is an Honorable Person?
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. — H.L. Mencken
On Courage
Courage is being scared to death – but saddling up anyway. — John Wayne
True Happiness
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. — Helen Keller
The True Aim of Education
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last […]
On Children and Obedience
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. — Anatole Broyard
On Personal Change
It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not. — James Gordon, M.D.
On Forgiveness
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Ghandi
On Prejudice
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices — just recognize them. — Edward R. Murrow
On Gratefulness
A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharg’d. — John Milton