STOP AND THINK - The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. (Martin Luther King Jr, 20th century civil rights leader) Readin’, writin’, and ’rithmetic....
STOP AND THINK - Integrity…does not mean sinless, but it does describe a person who by God’s grace sins less. (Sam Storms, American theologian) Although God is perfect and wants His people to be perfect, it is clear from the Bible and the lives of biblical characters...
STOP AND THINK - Transform your behavior by changing your thinking. Your behavior is not the problem, your thinking is. (Chris Suitt, American pastor) We hear a lot about behavior modification today. In the attempts to correct bad behavior or to help someone overcome...
STOP AND THINK - What someone is begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do. (Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher) We seem to think that what we do—our actions and accomplishments—will impress people so much...
STOP AND THINK - Set yourself on fire and people will come for miles to watch you burn. (John Wesley, 18th century revivalist and founder of the Methodist movement) Sounds like Foch (from yesterday’s “thought”) and Wesley were on the same page, although a century...
STOP AND THINK - The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. (Ferdinand Foch, 19th-20th century French soldier) That’s an interesting statement from a military man. We might have expected him to name a big cannon or a strong cavalry unit as the...
STOP AND THINK - The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. (James Oppenheim, 20th century American poet, novelist, and editor) In American this is April Fool’s Day, a day when people play pranks on others to get a laugh and to...