#ak

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

Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#how #just #kick #like #many

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#just #makers #money #more #out

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#easy #had #hardening #her #instead

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#making #mysteries #nose #only #out

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#ask #half #letter #long #more

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

— Richard Whately

#makes #necessary #neglect #rebuilding #repair

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. ↗

— Richard Whately

#exempt #failures #makes #only #who

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#any #appear #care #context #courage

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#attractive #conditions #creates #different #half