Men of Measure

[image] Great message from The Millionaire Grandpa. Be the man you were meant to be…

[image] You can wear a tailored suit, own a nice watch, know which fork to use, and have impeccable manners, but none of that truly makes you a gentleman. All of those things are nice and I enjoy many of them myself. However, being a gentleman has far more to do with character than how

[image] “We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.” -Theodore Roosevelt

[image] Regardless of how loose moral standards become I will not lower mine Regardless of how much the culture around me degenerates and crumbles I will hold firm Regardless of how vile and sloppy my generation behaves I will be a gentleman

[image] Jimmy Stewart was already a Hollywood star when he became a B-24 bomber pilot during WW II, flew 20 combat missions over Europe, and eventually rose to brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve. He returned to Hollywood and made It's a Wonderful Life and other classics. He was

[video] Make Attire Great Again. Share neck tie how-to with a young buck that is trying to improve his attire.

[image] If you want to be successful in life, do these four things: - Show up on time - Have a good attitude - Respect authority - Do what you say you’re going to do

[image] “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” -Saint Augustine

[image] Want to set yourself apart from most men? Start with the little things. • Wake up early
• Make your bed
• Begin the day with prayer or mediation
• Exercise
• Decide the 2–3 things that matter most and do them first
• Sit down for lunch, don’t eat at your desk
• Eat

[image] “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” -William Butler Yeats

[image] Sir Christopher Lee met Rasputin's assassins, was a RAF intelligence officer in WWII, spoke 9 languages, was Ian Fleming's cousin, and was the only actor in “The Lord of the Rings” to have met J.R.R. Tolkien. He was also married for over 50 years. What a life!

[image] Adrian Carton de Wiart served in the Boer War, WW I, and WW II. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, lost an eye, lost fingers, survived plane crashes, escaped captivity, and earned the Victoria Cross. A true example of duty and resilience.

[image] “We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.” -Aristotle Onassis

[image] The years between 18 and 25 will shape your future more than any other time of life. Work hard. Seek out difficult jobs and challenge yourself. Read good books and learn useful skills. Save your money. Be careful with your time, and don’t waste it chasing shallow pleasures and

[image] Modern culture tells men that masculinity is the problem. History suggests something very different. Civilization has always depended on a particular kind of man: The Gentleman The world still needs them. Here’s why…🧵

[image] “The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures.” -Democritus

[image] “Knights ought to be humble among their friends, proud and bold against their foes, tender and merciful towards those who need assistance, cruel avengers against their enemies, and pleasant and amiable with all others.” Geoffroi De Charny

[image] Concentrate every minute like a Roman-like a man-on doing what's in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly, with justice. And on freeing yourself from all other distractions. Yes, you can-if you do everything as if it were the last thing you were

[image] “A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.” -Robert A. Heinlein

[image] Timeless advice from the millionaire grandpa…

[image] "My will is low. I must build my will again. And I can do it even as I have done before" John Steinbeck, from his journal while working on The Grapes of Wrath in 1938

[image] “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one" -Marcus Aurelius

[image] “Unless a man is master of his soul, all other kinds of mastery amount to little."  - Theodore Roosevelt

[image] “A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.” - John Wayne

[image] “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” Ernest Hemingway

[image] “Never ruin an apology with an excuse.” - Benjamin Franklin

[image] Great advice from The Millionaire Grandpa.

[image] “God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.” - Billy Graham

[image] “Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.” John Locke

[image] “Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.” -Sir John Vanbrugh

[image] “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” -Robert Frost

[image] “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” -Marcus Aurelius

[image] “Reading about 125 lines in Sallust, and 35 lines in Greek per day with moderately long lessons in Geometry. This morning arose at 15 minutes before 4 o'clock, studied hard through the day and retired half-past 10 o'clock at night.” From James Garfield's diary as a college

[image] “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein

[image] “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way…” -Viktor Frankl

[image] If by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you        Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,    If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,     But make allowance for their doubting too;    If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,     Or being

[image] Not all heroes wear capes. NYPD Chief Aaron Edwards is seen here jumping the barricades outside Gracie Mansion to tackle a terror suspect who threw an IED. Back the Blue! 🫡

[image] “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.” -Ivan Turgenev

[image] “A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” -John Burroughs

[image] “It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.” -Roger Scruton

[image] “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[image] “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” -Marcus Aurelius

[image] -Biblical values offer a clear moral compass -Strong families are the bedrock of a stable society -Respect for ancestors instills a sense of history and fosters inter-generational responsibility -Basic manners facilitate respectful interactions and a civil public sphere

[image] “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested...Life is long if you know how to use it.” -Seneca

[image] “Virtue is what happens when someone has made a thousand small choices requiring effort and concentration to do something which is good and right, but which doesn’t come naturally. And then, on the thousand and first time, when it really matters, they find that they do what’s