Difficulties The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. (Edward Gibbon, 18th century English historian) Few would want to be sailing on the high seas with equally high winds. It takes skill to manage those elements safely. What would be...
Teamwork A player who makes a team great is much more valuable than a great player. (John Wooden, late famed basketball coach) In the sports world we make a great deal over star athletes. We have most-valuable-player awards and all-star teams to honor them. Of...
Grief Grief is the price we pay for love. (Late Queen Elizabeth II) In the beginning of our relationships of love, we rarely think of when that relationship might end or what our feelings will be at that time. Whether it’s a life-long spouse or a long-reigning...
Procrastination #3 Don’t wait for things to get better. Tomorrow is not promised. You only have this moment. (Charles Schultz, late cartoonist) Schultz concluded with this challenge: “Take it.” He continues, “If something is important enough, one does not stop trying...
Procrastination #2 Procrastination is totally a good thing. You always have something to do tomorrow, plus you have nothing to do today. (Source unknown) We are often looking for an “escape clause,” some way to rationalize our bad habits. It may be true, of course,...
Procrastination #1 The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it. (John C. Maxwell, leadership author and speaker) The big word for this habit is procrastination, which as Charles Dickens said “. . . is...
Generosity You don’t have to be rich to be generous . . . (Original source unknown) A church in Kentucky, continued the quote: “. . . as generosity is not about the size of the gift but the condition of the heart.” Eastern Kentucky was hit with the “flood of the...
Friends In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. (Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher) He continues: “The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they...
Wisdom Walk with the wise and become wise. (The Bible) Someone wrote, “Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends.” “Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company” (Booker T. Washington). Another: “You become like...
Doing and Being Doing is usually connected with . . . how we make a living. (Source unknown) When we meet someone, we often ask, “What do you do?” We’re interested in their vocation or career. But, what is more important, of course, is how a person lives. The unknown...
The Future Those men and women who refuse to get bogged down in and anchored to the past are those who pursue the objectives of the future. (Source unknown) Palestinian President Abbas put it this way: “We cannot erase the past, but it is within our power to change...
Body and Soul Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. (Jim Rohn, entrepreneur and motivation speaker) Rohn’s comment may seem too simple and obvious, but the reminder could be helpful to busy 21st century people. We may spend hundreds of...