Echoes

Whatever you are, be a good one.

It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Whoever gives reverence receives reverence.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.

The most any one can do is to confess as candidly as he can the grounds for the faith that is in him, and leave his example to work on others as it may.

When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others.

My life is my message.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair.

Know how to refuse. One ought not to give way in everything nor to everybody.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

To borrow a simile from the football field, we believe that men must play fair, but that there must be no shirking, and that the success can only come to the player who hits the line hard.

Go forth in virtue!

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

The worst lesson that can be taught a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

When you are content to be simply yourself, everybody will respect you.