Enjoy Life Life is like an ice cream cone...you have to learn to lick it. (Charlie Brown, “Peanuts” cartoon) Is life like an ice cream cone because it’s gone so quickly? Or because it’s really so tasty? Or because, if you don’t deal with it properly, you’ve lost the...
Knowledge Plus Scholarship is not simply the production of knowledge. . . [In former times] scholars chiefly engaged in the transmission of knowledge for the purpose of formation. (Chris Gehrz, college professor) They say that knowledge is doubling every 12 hours or...
Teamwork I am a member of the team, and I rely on the team. I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. (Mia Hamm, USA women’s soccer star) Tom Wilson, another professional athlete put it this way, “Many of us...
Easter But from this earth, this grave, this dust, my God shall raise me up, I trust. (Walter Raleigh, 16th-17th century English writer) For the Christian, the resurrection of Jesus is not only the keystone of his faith in the saving work of Jesus on the cross, but,...
No Regrets Giving up is the birth of regret. (Deshanna Barber, USAR officer & former Miss USA) We’ve all been tempted to give up at one time or another. Perhaps it was a project that wasn’t going well or an athletic event that we didn’t finish well. The decision...
Good Friday Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. (Victor Hugo in Les Misérables) Today the Christian world is honoring the day when Jesus died. One might well imagine how his disciples were mourning, thinking that the promise of his coming kingdom...
Pressing On There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there; you must go beyond them. (Bruce Lee, actor and martial artist) Have you ever tried rock or mountain climbing? If you have, you’ve probably looked up to see what looked like the...
Work Like what you do, and then you will do your best. (Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician) Johnson’s story is fascinating. Overlooked because of her ethnicity and gender, she succeeded because she loved her work and saw its value. She and her team provided...
Improvement I would encourage all of us to think of something we may have done poorly . . . and try to improve on it. (Windows Tips) The writer was referring to athletics, and he continues, “Sure we might not get the metaphorical ‘first place’ but we might possibly do...
Imitation Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. (Judy Garland, late actress) It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Garland offers a wise caution. Don’t try to be a Kobe Bryant;...
Try It! I don’t think you know how much you can do until you try. (Chita Rivera, singer and actress) Do you remember a conversation like this: “Eat your broccoli.” “No, I don’t like it.” “Have you ever tasted it?” “No.” “Well, just taste it.” How can you know if you...
Change I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. (Maya Angelou, late poet and civil rights advocate) Many factors in our environment and activities may affect us—for good or bad. They may affect us to the point of personal change. Don’t...