"What matters most in a childâ€™s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years. What matters, instead, is whether we are able to help her develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit, and self-confidence. Economists refer to these as noncognitive skills, psychologists call them personality traits, and the rest of us sometimes think of them as character."

-- Paul Tough

#Children Quotes #Character Quotes #Self Confidence Quotes

“I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”
“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.”
“I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit.”
“Such words as 'God' and 'Death' and 'Suffering' and 'Eternity' are best forgotten. We have to become as simple and as wordless as the growing corn or the falling rain. We must just be.”

Source : Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.483, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.”

Source : Sir William Temple (1720). “The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. ...: Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Miscellanea. Memoirs. The third part. From the peace concluded 1679, to the time of the author's retirement from publick business. Memoirs ... from ... 1672, to 1679”, p.311
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?”
“As you study your Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, and live out the truths that God reveals to you, you will discover new stability, strength, and confidence.”

Source : Kay Arthur (2005). “Discover the Bible for Yourself”, p.5, Harvest House Publishers
“Is it capitalism or states that must be destroyed in order to get peace, or must both be abolished?”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.127, Columbia University Press

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