The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot. (Michael Altshuler, social worker and therapist) William Ernest Henley wrote something similar in the noted poem Invictus: “I am the captain of my soul.” Altshuler also said, "You are not defined by your...
Don't expect God to do a miracle in upgrading the content of your mind. He has left that task up to you. (Robert A. Cook, college educator) Sometimes we seem to be pretty lazy about learning. When we were younger, we might have wished that our teachers could just open...
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame. (Hesiod, 7th or 8th century B.C. Greek poet) Today is the Labor Day holiday in the United States. Its purpose is to acknowledge the value of work, which was one of God’s first gifts to mankind. In a day when leisure and...
Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults. (Abraham Lincoln) Lincoln didn’t mean that adults should not be taught; there’s always something of value that mature people can and should learn. Perhaps he was thinking of basic fundamental truths...
The difference between a successful person and others is not the lack of strength or a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will. (Vince Lombardi, late professional football coach) No doubt Lombardi used this statement in the context of sports to motivate his...
Peace is not an external environment but an internal one. (Quoted by Kary Oberbrunner, motivational speaker and writer) In a world torn with conflict—both personal and global—we often long for the laying down of arms and the end of physical battles. The goal of...