Grenville Kleiser

I have a second edition of Inspirations & Ideals, by Grenville Kleiser, a late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century author. The first edition seems to have been published in 1910. The second edition was published in 1917. 

The book is a set of one-page long inspirational thoughts, with one page for each day of the year. My favorite has always been April 10th. As today is April 10th, I'd like to post it on my blog. 

Here it is:

The man you most admire is the type of man you ought to be. He is courteous, adaptable, magnanimous, sympathetic, and tactful. He favors the pleasant aspects of life, and has large common sense. It is well to study this type of man and to emulate his example. The fine qualities of kindliness, tact, sympathy, and courtesy can be cultivated by giving them thoughtful attention. You can also learn what not to be from the unlovely type of man. He is captious, contradicting, unsympathetic, and phlegmatic. You feel you have nothing in common with him. He repels. you. You can develop in yourself the manners, tastes, and habits which you most admire in others. The man you most like to meet is the type of man you ought to be. 

That's quite good.