Quotes Added in July 2007

Look well into thyself; there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

• potential

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

• goals

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

• integrity
• personality
• initiative

Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present.George Washington

• respect
• manners

Understand the context.

Speak not when others speak, sit not when others stand, and walk not when others stop.George Washington

• manners

Understand the context.

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters somewhat grave.George Washington

• personality

Understand the context.

Use no reproachful language against anyone, neither curses nor revilings.George Washington

• speech
• manners

Understand the context.

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

• humor
• manners

Understand the context.

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.Jim Rohn

• character