Posts Tagged ‘wise stuff’

faces

Posted: July 8, 2012 in faces
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A happy visage is an open shutter on a cheerful heart.

Every compliment is a facelift.

Faces hint at hearts, but fools blunder ahead without looking.

Tete a tete may temper hate, but an email is sure to promote it.

Every face is a mirror in which the wise see themselves.

The eye is the light of the face.

Always dive face first into deep friendships.

Take human facia prima facie.

The happiest moments of life exist within the circle of children’s faces.

The best memories of a good life are of loved faces.

Faces tell stories.

The face we marry, have children with and remain loyal to into old age is the face within the face of love’s true face.

The world is a galaxy of faces.

self-esteem

Posted: May 20, 2012 in self-esteem
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Love yourself; not too much.

Self-esteem in the extreme may turn into mean.

You already love yourself in that you feed, shelter and cloth yourself; love others just like that.

Overly scaffolding our students may raise their self-esteem and lower their self-discernment

The self-esteem movement has raised a generation blind to their own incompetence.

Overpraise undermines.

Trellis yourself and others with love.

The foolish student wants only A’s, but wise students value being corrected.

We were once anxious to prove we were better than animals, now we are wondering if we are better than machines.

Be specific, personal, authentic and brief with compliments.

To tell someone they are a hard worker
is better than telling them they are smart; you are telling them they are in control.

Compliment when it is deserved; correct when it is timely, and remain quiet when others are revealing themselves.

To love ourselves is a baby step toward loving others.

protection

Posted: April 23, 2012 in protecting
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One of the great goals of life is to build strong walls — with gates.

The privileged function of a person is to protect.

Fools find groups to guard — everywhere.

In dangerous times the privileged protect themselves.

Those who stop massacres, they are the heroes of humanity.

War to protect is still war that destroys.

Harming brings an ignominious end to a fine career.

It is the strange disorder of man that he will cheat on his wife one day and take a bullet for his comrade the next.

We will only protect the emotions of others after we have learned to protect our own.

Build places of recovery for the damaged; this may one day serve you well.

As a law protects a business, so a good leader protects his people.

To pray is to protect.