The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

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"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good and how he treats people who can't fight back."

- Abigail van Buren

Compassion

"If you want a place in the sun, you’ve got to put up with a few blisters."

- Abigail van Buren

Ambition

"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money."

- Abigail van Buren

Wisdom

"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money."

- Abigail van Buren

Family

"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money"

- Abigail van Buren

Family

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"What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man."

Morality

"Whether a human being is good or bad, right or wrong, can only be determined based on circumstances."

Morality

"Always let your conscience be your guide."

- Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

Morality

"To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests."

- Matthew Scully

Morality

"When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music."

- Ellen G. White

Morality