Quotes
Authors
Thomas Lickona

"Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a generation of children who have strong moral character. And if we wish to do that, we have two responsibilities: first, to model good character in our own lives, and second, to intentionally foster character development in our young."

Source : Thomas Lickona (2004). “Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

Thomas Lickona

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“If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.”
“Money is human happiness in the abstract.”
“If you vote for Al Smith, you're voting against Christ and you will all be damned.”
“War mages ordered, threatened and bitched. They didn't deal.”
“Work ethic is the most important component of being successful.”
“The vast army of women seeking divorce are mainly after easy alimony from men they have ceased to love - surely one of the most despicable forms of barter that can exchange human hands.”
“I should talk to him I know I should talk to him. But I do not talk to him. I watch after him from afar and love him.”
“Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.”

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