Learning Some [people] not only have closed their minds to new truth, but they sit on the lid. (Dale Turner, author) He also said, “The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. . . Those who believe they have ‘arrived’ believe they have nowhere to go.” As we...
Tomorrow The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President) Most people have high hopes for tomorrow. Little Orphan Annie sang, “The sun'll come out... Tomorrow so ya gotta hang on 'til tomorrow......
Never Give Up. It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. (Babe Ruth, early baseball star) No doubt, Ruth played with a lot of good athletes, some of whom made it big in sports and others who faded rather quickly. His statement highlights one of the important...
Words I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody. (Benjamin Franklin) The 19th century pastor and writer C. H. Spurgeon also wrote, “If there were no gratified hearers of ill reports, there would be an end of the trade of spreading them.”...
Diversity Give others freedom to be themselves. Appreciate the differences between their ways and yours. (Jennifer Chen, freelance writer) Most of us like to be around people like us—similar habits, dress, tastes, etc. We sometimes find it difficult to spend time with...
Teamwork Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. (Casey Stengel, late professional baseball manager) Stengel was noted for his malapropisms like “All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.” But his...
Pressing On I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday. (Quoted by Dan O’Deens, cross-cultural worker) We sometimes want to give up because we haven’t seemed to make much progress. We’re so short of our goal that we think we might just as well give up...
Opportunity No great man ever complains of want of opportunities. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century essayist)) In fact, F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “Our lives are defined by opportunities—even the ones we miss.” Sometimes we’re frozen in waiting for opportunity to...
Abundance The more men have, the more perplexity they have with it. (Matthew Henry, 17th-18th century Bible commentator) Henry continued, “It is the folly of most men, to mind and pursue that which is for the body and for time only, more than that for the soul and...
Advice There is a fountain of youth. It’s your mind. When you learn to tap this resource, you’ll truly have defeated age. (Sophia Loren, actress) Men have looked for the fountain of youth in vain, but Loren’s observation is helpful. We can stay young mentally if we...
Ready or Not? If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. (Ivan Turgenev, 19th century Russian author) Advance planning is essential if we are to accomplish anything of lasting value. We are almost certain to fail...
Storms Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path. (Fernando Cabrera, city council member) After a heavy spring storm season, there is a lot of cleanup to do. Getting trees and storm debris cleared away must be accomplished quickly to make...