A ship in the harbor is safe...but that's not what ships are built for.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
Do your duty in all things, you cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.
-Robert E. Lee
The forebearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.
The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly--the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total absensce from it when the case admits it, will show a gentleman in plain light.
The gentleman does not needlessly and unneccessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have commited against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself while he cannot help humbling others.
-Robert E. Lee's Definition of a Gentleman
If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.
-Mister Rodgers
