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HONESTY

HONESTY: Fools out of favour grudge at kanves in place, And men are always honest in disgrace. -Daniel Defoe: The True-Born Englishman Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. -Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale

Adminiration:

Adminiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. -Amborse Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary Things not understood are admire. -Thomas Fuller We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire. -La Rochefoucauld Fools admire, but men of sense approve. -Alexander Pope

Action:

Action: We think according to nature; we speak according to rules; we act according to custom. -Francis Bacon The most decisive actions of our life.... are most often unconsidered actions. -Andre Gide It is too late to look for instruments when the work calls for execution. -Samuel Johnson Action is eloquence. -Shakespeare: Corialanus He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. -G.B.Shaw

Ability:

Ability: Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.-Cicero A superior man is distressed by his want of ability.-Confucius We judge ourselves by what we fee capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. -H.W.Longfellow Ability is of little account without opportunity -Napoleon