A fellow must know where he wants to go, if he is going to get anywhere. It is so easy just to drift along. Some people go through school as if they thought they were doing their families a favor. On a job, they work along in a humdrum way, interested only in their salary check. They don't have a goal. When anyone crosses them up, they take their marbles and walk out. The people who go places and do things make the most of every situation. They are ready for the next thing that comes along on the road to their goal. They know what they want and are willing to go an extra mile.
William C. MenningerIt is difficult to give children a sense of security unless you have it yourself. If you have it, they catch it from you.
William C. MenningerIt is just as important, perhaps more important, for the teacher to have the benefit of personal counseling when he needs it as it is for the student.
William C. MenningerSix essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
William C. MenningerThe Criteria of Emotional Maturity: The ability to deal constructively with reality The capacity to adapt to change A relative freedom from symptoms that are produced by tensions and anxieties The capacity to find more satisfaction in giving than receiving The capacity to relate to other people in a consistent manner with mutual satisfaction and helpfulness The capacity to sublimate, to direct one's instinctive hostile energy into creative and constructive outlets The capacity to love.
William C. Menninger