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- I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw them in upon themselves in timidity and reserve, or drew them out in genial confidence and sympathy with their fellow creatures.
- Basil W. Maturin
- The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- A grandfather was walking through his yard when he heard his granddaughter repeating the alphabet in a tone of voice that sounded like a prayer. He asked her what she was doing. The little girl explained: "I'm praying, but I can't think of exactly the right words, so I'm just saying all the letters, and God will put them together for me, because He knows what I'm thinking."
- Charles B. Vaughan
- Our children seem to have wonderful taste, or none - depending, of course, on whether or not they agree with us.
- Author Unknown
- He that cannot decidedly say, "No," when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.
- J. Hawes
- The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
- J. Martin Kohe
- Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
- Alfred A. Montapert
- Successful leaders have the courage to take action where others hesitate.
- Author Unknown
- Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.
- Author Unknown
- "Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.
- Austin Farrar
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