Avenues to Success Notes

Avenues to Success for 11/22/11

Cowardice asks "Is it safe?" Expediency asks "Is it politic?" But Conscience asks "Is it right?"
     - William Punshon, 1824-1881, English Nonconformist divine

Martin Luther King, Jr. said something similar 

Avenues to Success for 02/21/11

A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
     - Abigail Van Buren, Pen mane of Pauline Phillips, Born 1918, American advice columnist Dear Abby

Image source: Stop Smoking Now

 

 

Avenues to Success for 01/04/11

Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own.
     - American Proverb

Image source: Wikipedia Commons

 

 

Avenues to Success for 12/19/10

- Pogo in  Walt Kelly's panel for the Earthday, 1971

Walt Kelly, 1913-1973, American animator and cartoonist

 

 

 

Avenues to Success for 06/22/10

Every one is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

     - Phaedrus, c. 15 BC-c. AD.50, Roman fabulist

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Avenues to Success for 05/10/10

All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

     - Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, Irish-born British statesman, political writer, philosopher

High School Character Matter

That is one of the three conclusions of a Josephson Institute study on

High School Character and Adult Conduct
Character Study Reveals Predictors of Lying and Cheating

According to their press release,

the findings of the first-ever large-scale study of the relationship between high school attitudes and behavior and later adult conduct. The survey found that current age and attitudes about the need to cheat and actual high school cheating are significant predictors of lying and cheating across a wide range of adult situations.

The Conclusions of the Report:

Age Matters
Attitude Matters
High School Character Matters

Click on this link to read the entire release at Josephson Institute of Ethics Releases Study on High School Character and Adult Conduct

Avenues to Success for 04/01/10

One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.

     - African Proverb

This seems to be an appropriate quote for April Fool's Day.

This is the Avenue to Success for 04/01/10. Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 12/11/09

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

  - Molière (nom de theater of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), 1622-1673, French dramatist and playwright

Image source: Biography of Molière

Avenues to Success for 11/10/09

There is not a right way to do a wrong thing.

     - Unknown                                                                                   

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