Habit #3

““Will and Won’t Power.”Will and Won’t Power.”

Lesson 6Lesson 6

Responsibility:

Discipline Discipline ProcrastinateProcrastinate PrioritizePrioritize UrgentUrgent ImportantImportant Will-powerWill-power

A Psalm of LifeA Psalm of LifeBy: William Wadsworth LongfellowBy: William Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!- For the Soul is Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!- For the Soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem.dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust Thou are, to dust Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust Thou are, to dust returnest, was not spoken of the Soul.returnest, was not spoken of the Soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, is our destine end our way; But to act, that each Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, is our destine end our way; But to act, that each tomorrow find us farther that today.tomorrow find us farther that today.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, and our hearts, though stout and brave, still, like Art is long, and Time is fleeting, and our hearts, though stout and brave, still, like muffled drums are beating funeral marches to the grave.muffled drums are beating funeral marches to the grave.

In the world’s broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, In the world’s broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in this strife!driven cattle! Be a hero in this strife!

Trust no future, howe’er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act,-act in the Trust no future, howe’er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act,-act in the living present! Heart within, and God’s o’erhead!living present! Heart within, and God’s o’erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, and departing, Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, and departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.

Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, a forlorn and Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, a forlorn and shipwrecked brother, seeing, shall take heart again.shipwrecked brother, seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate still achieving, still Let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate still achieving, still perusing, learn to labor and to wait.perusing, learn to labor and to wait.

The The

Lesson 7Lesson 7

Responsibility:Responsibility:

PromisePromise PledgePledge CovenantCovenant VowVow PactPact

NobilityNobilityBy: Alice CaryBy: Alice Cary

Truth Worth Is in Being. Not Seeming- in Doing, Each Day That Goes By, Some Little Truth Worth Is in Being. Not Seeming- in Doing, Each Day That Goes By, Some Little Good-not in Dreaming of Great Things to Do by and by. For Whatever Men Say in Good-not in Dreaming of Great Things to Do by and by. For Whatever Men Say in Their Blindness, and Spite of the Fancies of Youth. There’s Nothing So Kingly As Their Blindness, and Spite of the Fancies of Youth. There’s Nothing So Kingly As

Kindness, and Nothing So Royal Truth. Kindness, and Nothing So Royal Truth.

We Get Back Our Mete As We Measure- We Cannot Do Wrong and Feel Right, nor We Get Back Our Mete As We Measure- We Cannot Do Wrong and Feel Right, nor Can We Give Pain and Gain Pleasure, for Justice Avenges Each Slight. The Air for the Can We Give Pain and Gain Pleasure, for Justice Avenges Each Slight. The Air for the

Wing for the Sparrow, the Bush for the Robin and Wren. But Always the Path Is Wing for the Sparrow, the Bush for the Robin and Wren. But Always the Path Is Narrow and Straight, for the Children of Men.Narrow and Straight, for the Children of Men.

““Tis Not in the Pages of Pages of Story the Heart of Its Ills to Beguile, Though He Who Tis Not in the Pages of Pages of Story the Heart of Its Ills to Beguile, Though He Who Makes Courtship to Glory Gives All That He Hath for Her Smile. For When From Her Makes Courtship to Glory Gives All That He Hath for Her Smile. For When From Her

Heights He Has Won Her. Alas! It Is Only to Prove That Nothing’s So Sacred As Heights He Has Won Her. Alas! It Is Only to Prove That Nothing’s So Sacred As Honor, and Nothing So Loyal As Love!Honor, and Nothing So Loyal As Love!

We Cannot Make Bargains for Blisses , nor Catch Them Like Fishes in Nets; And We Cannot Make Bargains for Blisses , nor Catch Them Like Fishes in Nets; And Sometimes the Thing Our Life Misses Helps More Than the Thing Which It Gets. For Sometimes the Thing Our Life Misses Helps More Than the Thing Which It Gets. For Good Lieth Not in Pursuing, Not Gaining of Great nor of Small, but Just in the Doing, Good Lieth Not in Pursuing, Not Gaining of Great nor of Small, but Just in the Doing,

and Doing As We Would Be Done By, Is All.and Doing As We Would Be Done By, Is All.

““My Father Blessed Me Fervently, Yet Did Not Much Complain; But Sorely Will My My Father Blessed Me Fervently, Yet Did Not Much Complain; But Sorely Will My Mother Sigh Till I Come Back.”- Enough, Enough, My Little Lad! Such Tears Become Mother Sigh Till I Come Back.”- Enough, Enough, My Little Lad! Such Tears Become

Thine Eye; If I Thy Guileless Bosom Had, Mine Own Would Not Be Dry. Thine Eye; If I Thy Guileless Bosom Had, Mine Own Would Not Be Dry.