Honor the Virtuous First – Then Save the Bad

“Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon him too easily that has transgressed is to wrong him that transgresses not.” ~ Baldassarre Castiglione

“Memory in Every Action” ~ Beautiful

“Memory” by Lorlandchain

“We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can paralyze us with fear, or one that can energize us with impatience, with the desire to explore and experience, with the hope- nay, the iron-will!- to find a memory in every action. To be alive, under sunshine, or starlight, in weather fair or stormy. To dance with every step, be they through gardens of flowers or through deep snows.”

**R.A. Salvatore

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Window to the Character

“The window” by jb00bs

“The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you.”

**Criss Jami

How You Treat Them Shows How You View Yourself

“Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.”

**Dennis Prager

Stay Strong!

“I Can resist everything in life, except temptation”

**Oscar Wilde

Remember the Virtues

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”

**Mother Teresa

Important Distinction

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
**CS Lewis

Great Standard

“I take some pride in . . . representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.”

**Robert Downey Jr.

A World Endangered

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
**Albert Camus

With Courage, Others Follow

“Courage is the first of all the virtues because if you haven’t courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of the others.”

~ Dr. Samuel Johnson