Brene Brown Quotes

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father, a good employee, a good boss, a good neighbour and a good citizen.

Parents today are self-absorbed. They don't care what anyone thinks or even what their children think. There is less focus on discipline, integrity, boundaries, fairness, honesty and spirituality.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in.

I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

I'm incredibly articulate, thoughtful and moral, and I think about what I do. I want to be known for doing something good.

I like to think that I'm trying to choose love over most things, but that's my choice.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.

Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.

When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.

I'd like to think I'm a good guy as I've gotten older.

People should look up to me. Young kids. I am a good role model. I'll show them how men should really be. And kids can take note from that. I am a good role model. Lots of kids look up to me.

I've learned not to be such a show-off and to have a bit more empathy with humanity. Or at least to fake that.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life.

We are not passing values on to our children. We are not sitting down at the dinner table talking about the tiny things that add up to caring human beings.