We will be using the book, "E Is For Ethics", by Ian James Corlett to learn about some important life principles this year.  We will be giving awards for each of the principles listed below.  The book has a story about each principle and questions that make our students think about what the the ethical thing to do in a given situation.  At the bottom of this page is a printable coloring book with characters from the book demonstrating the words from the book.


THE 26 LIFE PRINCIPLES IN "E IS FOR ETHICS"

Honesty   "Honesty is the best policy."  -- William Shakespeare
Understanding   "Understanding is a two-way street."  -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Forgiveness   "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."  -- Oscar Wilde
Courage    "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear."  -- Mark Twain
Tact    "Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. "  -- Sir Isaac Newton
Perseverance    "The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."  -- Nelson Mandela
Politeness    "Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts."  -- Jean de la Bruyere
Loyalty    "Lack of loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope."  -- Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Gratitude   "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you' that would suffice."  -- Meister Eckhart
Truthfulness    "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."  -- Aesop
Fairness    "Fairness is what justice really is."  -- Potter Stewart
Acceptance    "Happiness can exist only in acceptance." -- Wayne Dyer                                                                             
Patience     "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."  -- John Quincy Adams
Sincerity    "Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things."  -- Confucius
Citizenship    "Ants are good citizens:  they place group interests first."  -- Clarence Day
Integrity    "Don't compromise yourself.  You are all you've got."  -- Janis Joplin
Kindness    "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."  -- Aesop
Responsibility    "Responsibility is the price of greatness."  -- Winston Churchill
Effort    "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."  -- Thomas Jefferson
Empathy    "The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy."  -- Meryl Streep
Charity    "Charity sees the need, not the cause."  -- German Proverb
Helpfulness    "In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy."  -- Karl Reiland
Generosity    "When we give cheerfully and receive gratefully, everybody is blessed."  -- Maya Angelou
Willingness    "The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."  -- Robert Frost
Trust    "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."  -- Albert Einstein
Respect    "To be one, to be united is a great thing.  But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater."  -- Anonymous


E is for Ethics Printable Coloring Book