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> [Manners will become important to children only if they are important to their parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/manners-will-become-important-to-children-only-if-they-are-important/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

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## More by Thomas Lickona

> [“Most people,” Abraham Lincoln said, “are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/most-people-abraham-lincoln-said-are-about-as-happy-as-they-make-up/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/character-is-the-sum-of-one-s-good-habits-virtues-and-bad-habits/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [Character Education helps to create an environment for caring and learning in schools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/character-education-helps-to-create-an-environment-for-caring-and/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [Character consists of the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/character-consists-of-the-moral-awareness-and-strength-to-know-the/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [Manners will become important to children only if they are important to their parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/manners-will-become-important-to-children-only-if-they-are-important/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [We need to be in control of ourselves - our appetites, our passions - to do right by others. It takes will to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/we-need-to-be-in-control-of-ourselves-our-appetites-our-passions-to/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [Good character consists of knowing the good, desiring the good, and doing the good habits of the mind, habits of the heart, and habits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/good-character-consists-of-knowing-the-good-desiring-the-good-and/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [Morality is not a spectator sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/morality-is-not-a-spectator-sport/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/children-are-25-percent-of-the-population-but-100-percent-of-the/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [“All of us, young and old, need to be reminded that our attitude is something we choose. “Most people,” Abraham Lincoln said, “are about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/all-of-us-young-and-old-need-to-be-reminded-that-our-attitude-is/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

> [One's character is one's habitual way of behaving. We all have patterns of behavior or habits, and often we are quite unaware of them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lickona/one-s-character-is-one-s-habitual-way-of-behaving-we-all-have/)

[Thomas Lickona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lickona/)

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