Wes Fesler Quotes

Apology is mankind's nearest course to perfection.

If you are willing to stir a pot, you better be willing to eat what comes out of it.

How is it that society professes to embrace the value of honesty when so few are found of it?

Scold your children, and they will know what is wrong; but correct them with love, and they will know what is right.

The only valid voice of one's reputation is that spoken by one's conscience.

Wisdom considers not only the cost of a choice, but also its value.

While parents should always provide shelter from a storm, they should sometimes allow children to play in the rain.

A perception of impossibility should never go unchallenged.

Hate is a hole that exists in your heart; and the more that you hate, the more you fall apart.

If you can prevent one fight among your children, let it be the fight for your attention.

The only person standing in your way is staring back at you in the mirror.

Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise.

Lies are like garbage that you can't throw away. They clutter your life, foul your air, and make living unbearable.

Ignorance fears diversity as an invading enemy, while wisdom welcomes diversity in an alliance of friendship.

Show as much interest in what your children tell you as they have in telling you.

Worthy goals are consistently achieved by enduring forces of adversity and opposition until they subside.

One can never win an argument with ignorance.

Those who judge children in their innocence, prove themselves the lesser of character and the greater of ignorance.

Curiosity fed the dog.

One can never change the future by waiting 'till tomorrow.

Never blame others for tracking in mud, until you have checked your own feet.

Add a task to a busy person's plate, and it will get done in short order. Add a task to the plate of someone with nothing to do, and it will never get done.

Reputation is generally proof of how little one knows about a person.

More is required than a common last name to truly be called a family.

Few moments in life are more gratifying than those when the arrogant are exposed as the ignorant.

Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.

Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.

It has always been, and will always be true; those who do the most good suffer more than most do.

The saddest things we fail at are fun things we never get to do, so in your busy day be sure to plan fun things too.

There is no room for exclusion in family...only love.

In diversity we find our strongest bonds and most violent divides.

There is nothing more perfect than doing your best.

I have heeded the lessons of the wise in that when life kicks me in the head, I turn to it my hind section also.

Mankind has the genius to bring all the world together and the ignorance to fight upon arrival.

If you want your voice to be heard, speak from your heart.

The devil did not make me do it. I managed it all by myself.

A family ship will never sink until it is abandoned by its crew.

This world will slam doors in your face at every opportunity. Be willing to employ a foot when necessary.

You are free to choose, even if you choose not to.

Self-mastery is the challenge of transforming yourself from own worst enemy into your greatest ally.

Perceptions of impossibility are commonly disspelled by unmitigated courage and perseverance.

The deepest bonds of unity are forged through the trial of competing ideals that have compatible values.

I will never make my family perfect, but I will make it better everyday.

Optimism is not the ability to live on the highest branch. It is the faith to learn to fly.

Determination is frequently found in failure, but it is never found in defeat.

Sometimes the greatest victories we can make for mankind are the victories we make over ourselves.

Cooperation is the redeeming ability of man to be better than himself.

Real friends tell you the truth...even when you want them to shut up.