"The father who does not teach his..." - Quote by Confucius
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
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“Learning without thought is labour lost.”
“The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.”
“First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.”
More on Parenting
“If I had kids, my kids would hate me. They would have ended up on the equivalent of the Oprah show talking about me; because something [in my life] would have had to suffer and it would've probably been them.”
“It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have...One pair that see through closed doors. Another in the back of her head...and, of course, the ones in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and reflect 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word.”
“A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.”
More on Responsibility
“Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.”
“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.”
“If you are a complainer you might have already spent your HELP quota.”