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Something happens inside of us when we are courteous and deferential toward others. It is all part of a refining process, which…
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Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.
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The home is under siege. So many families are being destroyed...If anyone can change the dismal situation into which we are sliding,…
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Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency.…
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It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery.
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Never assume that you can make it alone. You need the help of the Lord. Never hesitate to get on your knees…
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In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken…
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Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you - don't…
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Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much more than…
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Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart…
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Gratitude is of the very essence of worship. ... When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit…
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You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that…
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if…
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That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of…
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
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Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital…
— Mahnaz Afkhami
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Congratulations is the civility of envy.
— Ambrose Bierce
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God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the…
— Francis Bacon
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the…
— Thomas Adams
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
— Samuel Johnson
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There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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