Franklin P. Jones Quotes

I have a strong head on my shoulders... I've always been grounded. People would think not because of who I am, but I've always been raised with that sense of morals from my dad and my mother.

Character is long-standing habit.

My parents taught me that work ethic is one of the most important keys in life, and I believe it.

My mum had a very strong moral code, which I kind of came with. I never really had to be told what was right or wrong - I knew. I was very mature from early on and I was a very good girl, so she never had any trouble with me.

We will build men of character.

When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me.

Children may be born angels, but with all the temptations out there in the world, it takes work to try to keep them that way.

I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.

An essential part of teaching children to be disciplined and responsible is to have them learn to work.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

My parents kept me very grounded.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.

The best you can do is set your kids on the right track; staying on it without falling is up to the kids.

My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.

If children are expected to be honest, parents must be honest. If children are expected to be virtuous, parents must be virtuous. If you expect your children to be honorable, you must be honorable.

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

Yes, yes, children must early be made to practise piety, godliness, and propriety; a person of good breeding is one into whom 'good maxims' have been instilled and impressed, poured in through a funnel, thrashed in and preached in.

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