#ay

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. ↗

— Richard Whately

#always #good #make #manners #perfection

How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#beyond #congress #days #election #else

When the dream came into being, I always pursued it. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#being #came #dream #i #i always

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#candle #light #mirror #reflects #spreading

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#ask #half #letter #long #more

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. ↗

— Richard Whately

#preach #say #something #you

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. ↗

— Richard Whately

#expected #folly #may #men #reasonably

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#bombarded #confronted #constantly #days #escalating

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#anything #blindly #consequences #creating #failing

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#just #me #nice #only #reflection