“Life is short but there is always time enough for courtesy.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
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“Life is short but there is always time enough for courtesy.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
In Your Own Words…
what is the central message of the above quote by the American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
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Getting Personal
From your own personal experiences and observations, can you think of an outstanding example of the demonstration of courtesy? If so what was the situation.
Have you ever personally been the object of discourteous behavior? What was the situation, and how did you feel about being treated discourteously?
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” (John Stuart Mill)
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
“All doors open to courtesy” Thomas Fuller
“Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.” Lady Montague
“No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.” (Bryant McGill)
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Quotation AI Assistant
Interested in seeing what artificial intelligence (ai) has to say about the meaning of today’s quotation? Compare it to your own interpretation. You may be fascinated, or even possibly humbled.
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