Quotations Added in July 2007
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
John Milton
Look well into thyself; there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.
J. C. Penney
For thus I estimate the qualities of the mind: 1, good humor; 2, integrity; 3, industry; 4, science. The preference of the first to the second quality may not at first be acquiesced in; but certainly we had all rather associate with a good-humored, light-principled man, than with an ill-tempered rigorist in morality.
Thomas Jefferson
Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present.
George Washington
Speak not when others speak, sit not when others stand, and walk not when others stop.
George Washington
Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters somewhat grave.
George Washington
Use no reproachful language against anyone, neither curses nor revilings.
George Washington
Mock not nor jest at anything of importance; break no jests that are sharp or biting; and if you deliver anything witty or pleasant, abstain from laughing thereat yourself.
George Washington
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