“I think the reward for conformity is everyone likes you but yourself. ” ~~ Rita Mae Brown
Filed Under: Character, Choices, Friendship, Rita Mae Brown
“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau
“Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.” ~~ Regina Brett
“Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.” ~~ Abigail Van Buren
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ~~ Mark Twain
“A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.” ~~ George Washington
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, just as much to stand up to our friends.” ~~ Albus Dumbledore, from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling
“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” ~~ Jane Austen
