#our

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

In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#case #children #church #course #families

Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#how #just #kick #like #many

Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives? ↗

— William H. Wharton

#govern #knowledge #knows #laws #lives

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us. ↗

— Richard Whately

#close #human #judgment #law #most

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another. ↗

— Richard Whately

#avoid #corrupted #danger #exchange #follow

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

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air. ↗

— Richard Whately

#castles #examine #know #passion #ruling

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

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#any #appear #care #context #courage