“There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.”

— Chester A. Arthur

First annual message (1881).
1880s

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update March 16, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, indus…" by Chester A. Arthur?

Chester A. Arthur 10

American politician, 21st President of the United States (i… 1829–1886

Related quotes

“A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants…. The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not, of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks, or in any way really raise them above the servants they employ, who are quite aware of this fact, and that the possession of wealth is literally the only superiority their employers have over them.”

Fanny Kemble (1809–1893) English actress and writer

Further Records, 1848-1883, vol. 1; entry dated February 12, 1874 (1891).

“How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will!”

Winston S. Churchill book The Second World War

The Second World War, Volume I : The Gathering Storm (1948) Chapter 17 (The Tragedy of Munich), p .287 http://books.google.de/books?id=HzlT3t05OHoC&pg=PA287&dq=churchill+the+gathering+storm+have+been+averted+by+patience+and+persisting+good+will!&hl=de&sa=X&ei=1355T-39C4jHsgb0t-mWBA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Context: Those who are prone, by temperament and character, to seek sharp and clear-cut solutions of difficult and obscure problems, who are ready to fight whenever some challenge comes from a foreign power, have not always been right. On the other hand, those whose inclination is to bow their heads, to seek patiently and faithfully for peaceful compromise, are not always wrong. On the contrary, in the majority of instances they may be right, not only morally, but from a practical standpoint. How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will! Religion and virtue alike lend their sanctions to meekness and humility, not only between men but between nations. How many wars have been precipitated by firebrands! How many misunderstandings which led to wars could have been removed by temporizing! How often have countries fought cruel wars and then after a few years found themselves not only friends but allies!

“The Nordic welfare model is in many aspects a good model but it needs more of a choice for individuals.”

Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965) 32nd Prime Minister of Sweden

ibid

“Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic….”

Dean Koontz (1945) American author

“It is a great tribute to the good qualities of the strikers, who are our own people, that they showed that sense of discipline and restraint in obedience to their instructions. Many of them obeyed their orders from their sense of loyalty, orders of which they disapproved themselves, but if that strike had been successful it would have meant industrial ruin, not only to the miners, but to the whole country.”

Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Speech in Chippenham (12 June 1926) on the General Strike, quoted in Our Inheritance (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938), p. 167.
1926

“Many a superior brain is blockaded by inferior thoughts.”

Henry S. Haskins (1875–1957)

Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 69

“Keep diving and get really good at it. Too many folks try many other activities and don’t get good at any of them.”

Zale Parry (1933) American scuba diver and actress

Source: Dive Fitness Perspectives: An interview with Zale Parry http://floridadiver.net/dive-fitness-perspectives-an-interview-with-zale-parry/ (April 3, 2016)