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I just came across this the other day and thought I would share it with you. Powerful stuff...
Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident in the knowledge that you can meet life head-on and handle whatever comes along. Those who have class have wrestled with their own personal “angel” and won a victory that marks them thereafter.
Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes. Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices. Class bespeaks an aristocracy that has nothing to do with ancestors or money. The most affluent blue blood can be totally without class while the descendant of a Welsh miner may ooze class from every pore.
Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse. Class can “walk with kings and keep it’s virtue, and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.” Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class -- because he is comfortable with himself.
If you have class, you don’t need much of anything else. If you don’t have it, no matter what else you have -- it doesn’t make much difference.
- Howard E. Ferguson, Author of The Edge
...Words of wisdom. Love it.
Best,
Andrew J. Cass
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Comments
Class is something people really don't talk about like they used to. It's almost a dying concept when one looks around at the younger generations (but then again, the same has been said about every young generation...and we turned out OK :)
The way it's described here, class could almost be considered "grace" couldn't it? Either way, it's a way of being we should all strive harder to achieve.
Thanks again,
Ylva
I have to agree, great article with wise and powerful words. I am from the North-East of England and from a 'working-class' background!! and I feel comfortable and confident in who I am to be able to speak to anyone regardless of 'who they are' with the same natural ease and sincerity. Admittedly I am sometimes aware of my broad northern dialect, but then I realise that it's not how we speak that counts, but what we say and what we mean that's important. So, yes, there is 'the hidden meaning to class' but I also believe that it emanates from a person who truly has class.
Best wishes
Denise
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