Learning The illiterate of the future are not those who cannot read or write. They are those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. (Alvin Toffler, late futurist author) Millions of illiterate people around the world no doubt long for the opportunity to learn how to...
Education’s Purpose Education is more than the accumulation of knowledge or the mastery of skills, honorable objectives but different from the “drawing out” by which education changes who we are. (Source unknown) We’d like to think that learning a lot about a given...
Don’t Fear Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down. (Arianna Huffington, Greek-American author) The fear of failure seems to be universal. No one really wants to fall short of his hopes...
Creativity Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. (Pablo Picasso, 20th century Spanish artist) Scribbling all over the paper, learning to keep in the lines, drawing weird pictures—all the creativity of young, growing minds....
Faith Faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing. (Victor Hugo, 19th century French author) In the modern era, faith is little appreciated. Everything must be proved in a test tube or by scientific experience. In reality, of course, even the...
Elections No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. (Winston Churchill, WW II prime minister of Great Britain) Today is Election Day in the U.S. With all the rancor and spirited debate prior to the final vote and the temptation to give up on our form of...
Comfort We may impress people with strength, but we connect with vulnerability and weaknesses. (Craig Groeschel, leadership speaker) Weight-lifting, body-building, and TV shows featuring physical competition may impress viewers with their brute strength, but most of...
Power Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. (Abraham Lincoln) Earlier, the ancient philosopher Plato said, “The measure of a man is what he does with power.” But, as Lord Acton observed, “Power tends to corrupt...
Self-confidence The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experience behind you. (William Jennings Bryan, “the silver-tongued orator”) A trite thought, perhaps, but it’s true: There is only one way to have experience...
The Mind Where the mind goes, the man follows. (Joyce Meyer, author) We might wonder where evil deeds and foul language come from. There may have been unhealthy examples at home or at the shop or school, but the real source is simpler. Jesus said, “For...
Integrity The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) We’re used to celebrating the accomplishments of a star athlete as he or she...
“I Will” By all means don’t say “if I can;” say “I will.’” . . . I say “‘try.” If we never try, we shall never succeed. (Abraham Lincoln) Wisdom can often be expressed in few words. Longer statements may just confuse us. So, Abe Lincoln’s counsel is easy to hear and...