David P Himes

mentor, advisor, counselor, instigator, COO, writer

[David P Himes @davidhimes]

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. #EdmundBurke

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Signs of Getting Older … First you lose your memory, and I can’t remember the rest. #MomWithNoFilter

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I’m a person who wants to do a lot of things, trapped in the body of a person who wants to do nothing. #momwithnofilter

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Ultimately, the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or friendship, is conversation. #OscarWilde

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It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with the tingling currents of thought. #AgnesRepplier

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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but, far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. #DorothyNevill

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Sometimes, problems ignored simply disappear. Not often, though. #SethGodin

[David P Himes @davidhimes]

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. #AlbertSchweitzer

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They who set an example make a highway. Others follow the example, because it is easier to travel on a highway than over untrodden grounds. #HoraceMann

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Children have more need of models than of critics. #JosephJoubert

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A good example is the best sermon. #ThomasFuller

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a lot of women say their husbands never listen to them. I’m proud to say I’ve never heard my wife say that. #TrackDaddy111

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Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct. #AnnaLaetitiaBarbauld

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We learn as much by others’ failings as by their teachings. Examples of imperfection are just as useful for achieving perfection as are models of competence and perfection. #MadeleinedeSouvré (Madame de Sablé)

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I’m Not OK, You’re Not OK—and That’s OK. #WilliamSloaneCoffin

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Civility costs nothing, and buys everything. #LadyMaryWortleyMontagu

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Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation frequently lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice. #MollyIvins

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I choked on a carrot this afternoon and all I could think was "I bet a donut wouldn't have done this to me." #unknown

[David P Himes @davidhimes]

Elementary kids have iPhones. When I was kid, I put glue on my hands just so I could peel iti off when it dried. #unknown

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If a cookie falls on the floor and you pick it up...that's a squat, right? #unknown