Ptahhotep

“Emulate your forefathers, your ancestors… You see, their words remain in their writings open, that you may read and copy their wisdom.”

"Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting."

“If thou art a leader, seek the most perfect manner of doing so that thy conduct may be without reproach.”

  • How can we lead those who do not know if we do not know ourselves. First take the wooden beam out of your own eye before helping your brother with the splinter in his eye.

“When a son receives the instruction of his father there is no error in all his plans. Train thy son to be a teachable man whose wisdom is agreeable to the great. Let him direct his mouth according to that which has been said to him; in the docility of a son is discovered his wisdom.”