The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor keep the fasts. – Sydney Smith
It requires more strength to be gentle, so its the everyday encounters of life that I think weve prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people. – Bob Keeshan
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. – Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, 19