Most of these rules described the way Grumpy Cutter believed a man should comport himself—always look sharp, show gratitude, be slow to anger but quick to action.
“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
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“Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was in nostalgia, nor forward to what it might be in dread or anticipation, but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
“As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.”
― As a Man Thinketh
― As a Man Thinketh
“A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
― As a Man Thinketh
― As a Man Thinketh
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