Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.

I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together. I understand how people can get into unethical situations, and Scientology has always helped me keep my head clear and be in present time.

Preach in your own house and to your own company

Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

To act well isn't an easy thing.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.

If you want young people to take right and wrong seriously, you must put them in the presence of people who take right and wrong seriously.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

Combating any kind of obstacle is much easier if you know that it's real and not your fault, and it's something you can fight against.

I have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.

I'm not immune to disciplinary problems and it's up to me to make strong choices. It's my responsibility.

Our Heavenly Father expects the best from each of us. We must believe in ourselves. Don't give in when the going gets rough. You are laying the foundation of a great work, and that great work is your life.

Make up your mind what you want to do, and go and get it. Make sure it is not at the expense of anyone else, though.

If it's in your control, why do you do it? If it's in someone else's control, then who are you blaming? Atoms? The gods? Stupid either way. Blame no one. Set people straight, if you can. If not, just repair the damage.

The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief.

You must do right before you feel good.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.

Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true.

We do not what we ought; What we ought not, we do; And lean upon the thought That chance will bring us through; But our own acts, for good or ill, are mightier powers.