If you want to know me, listen to me. If you want to strengthen me, point out my gifts and talents. If you want to motivate me, find the incentives that drive me. If you want to direct me, persuade me with the benefits. If you want to make me feel important, invite me. If… Read more »
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. – Booker T. Washington
Character Lessons for Life Gene Bedley $29.95 People-Wise Publications Chicken Soup for the Soul III Jack Canfield $12.95 Health Communications Mark Victor Hansen Kimberly Kirberger Daily Reflections of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey $11.00 Simon & Shuster Life’s Greatest Lessons Hal Urban $14.95 Great Lessons Press The Gift Of Fear Gavin De Becker $6.95 Dell… Read more »
A Classic Tale of the Ages from The Book of Virtue Once there was an old man who had lost his wife and lived all alone. He had worked hard as a tailor all his life, but misfortunes had left him penniless, and now he was so old that he could no longer work for… Read more »
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a… Read more »
The idea of this project is to show respect for self and others; to “Give Respect-Get Respect.” This is a simple, non threatening way to start educating youth on how to demonstrate good character. Students and faculty are urged to stop and think before they act. Forming a contest to promote Project Respect resulted in… Read more »
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. – Bill Eardley
The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is that little extra. – Anonymous
Letter Question: I am currently taking a class in ethics at a community college in Central Florida. I am having a problem finding correlating material to some of what our instructor espouses. Not even our textbook mentions anything about what he insists is one of the fundamentals of ethics; something he calls “The Ethical Benchmark”…. Read more »
Dave Moore was instrumental in starting a care club at his high school, Lenoir City High School in 1997. It’s purpose is to make sure no teenager gets tagged as an outsider. Dave Moore believes that kids need to know how to express genuine care toward each other; in his own words “Everybody needs to… Read more »
