Richard Whately

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. ↗

— Richard Whately

#makes #necessary #neglect #rebuilding #repair

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. ↗

— Richard Whately

#preach #say #something #you

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. ↗

— Richard Whately

#always #good #make #manners #perfection

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. ↗

— Richard Whately

#children #fortune #gives #giving #habits

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. ↗

— Richard Whately

#his #side #truth #wishes

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. ↗

— Richard Whately

#governed #honest #honest man #honesty #honesty is

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. ↗

— Richard Whately

#all day #day #hour #looking #lose

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. ↗

— Richard Whately

#ever #given #greatest #influence #man

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth. ↗

— Richard Whately

#men #side #their #truth #wish

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. ↗

— Richard Whately

#called #his #man #neglecting #neighbor