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- Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it.
- Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
- Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.
- Lord Bertrand Russell
- The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.
- William Lyon Phelps
- Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
- Author Unknown
- In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.
- Mrs. Sigourney
- Habits - the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.
- Juliene Berk
- Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good manners.
- Author Unknown
- The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
- Ricther
- I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
- Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
- He is not great who is not greatly good.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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