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> [True honour is an attachment to honest and beneficent principles, and a good reputation; and prompts a man to do good to others, and indeed to all men, at his own cost, pains, or peril. False honour is a pretence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/true-honour-is-an-attachment-to-honest-and-beneficent-principles-and/)

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## More by Thomas Gordon

> [You acquire more influence with young people when you give up using your power to control them...and the more you use your power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/you-acquire-more-influence-with-young-people-when-you-give-up-using/)

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> [“Readers who have owned animals will appreciate how difficult it would be to train a dog to play exclusively in his own yard, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/readers-who-have-owned-animals-will-appreciate-how-difficult-it-would/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [“Parents are blamed but not trained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/parents-are-blamed-but-not-trained/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [It is one of those simple but beautiful paradoxes of life: When a person feels that he is truly accepted by another, as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/it-is-one-of-those-simple-but-beautiful-paradoxes-of-life-when-a/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [An adolescent does not rebel against her parents. She rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on nonpower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/an-adolescent-does-not-rebel-against-her-parents-she-rebels-against/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [“Parents can raise children who are responsible, self-disciplined, and cooperative without relying on the weapon of fear; they can learn how to influence children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/parents-can-raise-children-who-are-responsible-self-disciplined-and/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [“But what if your kid runs into the street in front of a car? Don't you have to use Method I?" ... If a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/but-what-if-your-kid-runs-into-the-street-in-front-of-a-car-don-t-you/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [An adolescent does not rebel against his parents. He rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on non-power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/an-adolescent-does-not-rebel-against-his-parents-he-rebels-against/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [We know that when people learn to communicate effectively with each other, their lives and their relationships can be truly transformed. This book gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/we-know-that-when-people-learn-to-communicate-effectively-with-each/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [Most parents hate to experience conflict, are deeply troubled when it occurs, and are quite confused about how to handle it constructively. Actually, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/most-parents-hate-to-experience-conflict-are-deeply-troubled-when-it/)

[Thomas Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gordon/)

> [True honour is an attachment to honest and beneficent principles, and a good reputation; and prompts a man to do good to others, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gordon/true-honour-is-an-attachment-to-honest-and-beneficent-principles-and/)

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