The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

Quote by John W Holt Jr

Topics: Behavior Quotes, Character Quotes

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop...

I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of...

If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of...

Children need to be challenged and pushed, not to the point where they give up...

Children need to be challenged and pushed, not to the point where they give up...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

Waking up in the middle of the night and the hallway is suddenly the most...

Waking up in the middle of the night and the hallway is suddenly the most...