Character and Conduct – 27 July – Manners
MANNERS are the ornament of action, and there is a way of speaking a kind word, or of doing a kind thing, which greatly enhances its value.
Character and Conduct – 26 July – Manners
Character and Conduct – 26 July – Manners MANNERS aim to facilitate life, to get rid of all impediments. They aid our dealings and conversation, as a railway aids travelling, by getting rid of all the obstructions on the road. EMERSON DEFECT in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. EMERSON HE is beautiful in… Continue reading Character and Conduct – 26 July – Manners
Character and Conduct – 25 July – Manners
THE gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne;
For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed
As by his manners.
Character and Conduct – 24 July – Courtesy
…one resents keenly that class of people who are honest and well meaning, but who are persistently discourteous and are not ashamed
Character and Conduct – 23 July – Courtesy
LIFE is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.
Character and Conduct – 22 July – Courtesy
COURTESY is really doing unto others as you would be done unto, and the heart of it lies in a careful consideration for the feelings of other people.
Character and Conduct – 21 July – Culture
THE highest we can attain to is not knowledge, but sympathy with intelligence.
Character and Conduct – 20 July – Thoughts
IF we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.
Character and Conduct – 19 July – Right Use of Speech
we must let nothing pass our lips that charity would check; we must be always ready to confess our ignorance, and to be silent
Character and Conduct – 18 July – Tolerance
NOTHING, in our Lord’s wisdom, strikes me more than His moderation with regard to error.
