Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality. Alfred Painter As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world. Terri Guillemets When we were children we were […]
The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery or taste God’s mercy. Max Lucado The more we love God the more we will obey. The more we obey the more we will be aware of the reality of Christ in our […]
One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. Sidney Howard Goals are dreams with deadlines. Diana Scharf Hunt Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T.S. Eliot Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished […]
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. John Churton Collins You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job. Laurence J. Peter Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect […]
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. John F. Kennedy […]
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched. Edgar Watson Howe It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you. Dodinsky If you […]
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark. Francis Bacon The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. H.P. Lovecraft A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises. Euripides Being frightened is an experience you can't buy. […]
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn’t even eat hash with safety. Josh Billings Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. E.M. Forster Faith is spiritualized imagination. Henry Ward Beecher Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J.R.R. […]
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.? Pearl Buck The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of […]
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him. Man ray Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. Anonymous If you do what you […]
You are destined for enlightenment. Cooperate with your destiny, Don’t go against it, Don’t thwart it. Allow it to fulfill itself. Nisargadatta Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for us to attain such perfect enlightenment ourselves, our whole sense of […]
A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last. Joseph Fort Newton Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. John Fowles Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. Ambrose […]
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart. Lois McMaster Bujold One must desire something to be alive. Margaret Deland I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies. Aristotle […]
If I decide to be an idiot, then I’ll be an idiot on my own accord. Johann Sebastian Bach Be yourself — not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be. Henry David Thoreau All I can be is me — whoever that is. Bob Dylan You are not in […]
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. André Gide Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. Maya Angelou Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Mark Twain When we […]
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Edmund Hillary Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. Mark Twain Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. Wendy Wasserstein Success comes in cans, not cant's. Author Unknown Put your future in good hands […]
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. Hamilton Wright Mabie The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. Benjamin Disraeli There are two primary choices in […]
Character is what you think in the dark. Dwight L. Moody Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success. John Hays Hammond The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth. Indian proverb When wealth is lost, nothing is […]
You can't expect to meet the challenges of today with yesterday's tools and expect to be in business tomorrow. Unknown Source To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. Winston Churchill Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw Even if […]
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you. Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' Erich Fromm Love is a game that two can play and both win. Eva Gabor An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each […]
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. Hamilton Wright Mabie The very act of believing creates strength of its own. Unknown Source Believing: it means believing in our own lies. […]
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done. Bo Bennett The only disability in life is a bad attitude. Scott Hamilton I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. Sugar Ray Robinson To different minds, the […]
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Malachy McCourt Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. Robert G. Ingersoll Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him. Louis […]
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. Rita Mae Brown I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to? Anthony Robbins Motivation is when your dreams […]
Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do. Amelia Earhart Take it easy -- but take it. Woody Guthrie One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything. Georg C. Lichtenberg Grace […]