Practice Courtesy for a Better World

“Courtesy is really nothing more than a form of friendliness. It is amazing what a warming influence it can have on an otherwise dreary world. It has been said that a rise of one degree Fahrenheit in the mean annual temperature of the globe would free both polar regions from their ice. It is thrilling to contemplate what frigidity might be dispelled in the world of human relations if people made just a little better effort to be friendly.”

–M. Barton

Build Courage

“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.”

–Niebuhr

A Really Great Man!

“A really great man is known by three signs—generosity in design, humanity in execution, moderation in success.”

–Bismark

Practice Good Habits

“When we have practiced good actions awhile, they become easy; when they are easy, we take pleasure in them; when they please us, we do them frequently; and then, by frequency of act, they grow into habit.”

–Tillotson

Do More Than You Say!

“If we could only make our hands move as actively as our tongues, what wonders we could accomplish! Almost everyone loves to hear his own voice. It is so easy too! Yet if we could say less and do more for each other’s good, not alone would every home be happier, but communities would be enriched thereby. Instead of criticism by speech, to show someone a better way to do a thing would be of much greater value.”

–John Wanamaker

Character is Credit

“Character writes’ a letter of credit upon some men’s faces that is honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men. Their very presence gives confidence. There is “promise to pay” in their faces which gives confidence and you prefer it to another man’s endorsement. Character is credit.”

–Thackeray

Technology is Neutral

“Technology is only as good or bad as the person using it.”

--Edmond Danken Sailor