Focus Where your focus goes, your energy flows. (Tony Robbins, author and coach) A lot of us try to multitask, but few seem to be able to do more than one thing at a time. Robbins also says, “Whatever we focus on expands and intensifies.” It isn’t just that you favor...
Team Play If being a team player requires doing what is wrong, you're on the wrong team. (Source unknown) We don’t know who said this originally, but it is certainly a suggestion that ought to be understood by every reasonable person. Yet the thought that winning is...
Today Today is more than a square on a calendar. It’s an adventure . . . a quest for character that may determine your destiny. (Charles Swindoll, pastor and author) Calendars are part of normal life for just about everybody. Whether it’s hanging on the wall by your...
Common Sense Without the common sense that there is common truth, there won’t be common justice. (Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship) Many people are asking, “Whatever happened to common sense today?” Whether it’s in politics, education, or society in...
Forgiving To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. (Lewis B. Smedes, late Reformed theologian) You have probably discovered the reality of Smedes’ observation. You remember that relieved feeling that came over you when you finally...
Love He whom love touches not walks in darkness. (Plato, 4th-5th century BC, Greek philosopher) In the confusion of a fast-paced society where old, familiar terms are re-defined, it’s good to be reminded of values that last century after century. In our time love is...
Being Good No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. (C. S. Lewis, British writer) The standard for good no doubt varies considerably. But even when we try to be good by whatever measure we choose, we most often discover that we have missed...
Hurry Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. (Dallas Willard, late university professor) It’s more than just your spiritual life that suffers from undue haste. How many times have you discovered an...
Community Community is not something you find; it’s something you build. (James Emory White, pastor and author) White continues: “Community is not something discovered; it is something forged . . . all relationships of worth are products of labor.” Finding the right...
Perspective Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them. (Epictetus, 1st century B.C. Greek philosopher) Difficult events do affect us, but our response to them is of great importance. The human spirit can overcome tragedies when people see their...
Character What you are is more important than what you know. (Tim LaHaye, late evangelical author) We often hear a similar axiom: “What you are is more important than what you do.” That’s because what you are determines pretty much what you do. In the same way, what...
Opinion The world is changed by your example not by your opinion. (Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist) The belief in relativism makes self the ultimate judge of truth. What is true for you may not be true for me. So, personal opinion seems to be the ruling...