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- Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want…
- When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical "thank you" to express…
- Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given…
- It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.
- For many of us gratitude to others comes with a sense of debt that can never be fully paid and therefore the things we are…
- One problem with gratitude is that it competes with the sense of pride, self-reliance and accomplishment we have. We want to think what we have…
- Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval.…
- Personal integrity is important, not because it gets us what we want, but because it helps us be what we want.
- It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.
- Character determines how we lead our lives, how we deal with life's unearned fortunes and misfortunes and how we make choices that determine how those…
- Neither heredity nor environment determine character. But whether we give in to or overcome the negative messages we are exposed to as we wend our…
- The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than…
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- Sometimes I think that life would be how much easier if we don't have heart. Because it is the heart which puts… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- It is the people closest to us, that are capable of hurting us most. — Nishan Panwar
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few:… — Pope Francis
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- Lao Tsu uses the anology of the tree. The old hard tree breaks and falls when the wind blows. The young tree… — Frederick Lenz