The older you get the better you get, unless you’re a banana. (Actress Betty White) Well, we’d like to think that is true, wouldn’t we? We work with our children, send them to school, and give them every opportunity we can so they can become mature adults,...
Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless. (Morris Chang, businessman) Strategy is important, but no matter how carefully planned, a project can still fail. On the other hand, as businessman Naveen Jain says, “Success doesn’t...
Demonstrate courage on the outside, even when you don’t feel it on the inside. (Ann Valentine, college president) No doubt many military men and women who have survived wartime experiences would admit to being scared when the shells were firing. Being frightened in...
When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. (Benjamin Franklin, inventor, writer) We who live where water is plentiful and relatively inexpensive don’t really appreciate what a luxury it is in much of the world. We just take it for granted. It’s like so many...
Knowledge and character have little value until it (sec.) is applied. (Jacqueline Hodges, educator) The Bible says that wise people treasure knowledge, and certainly it’s helpful to store up facts and data that relate to life and living. It’s also good to establish a...
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. (Sarah Caldwell, opera conductor) Life is a continual learning experience. Caldwell suggests that the opportunities for learning are...
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon (E. M. Forster, English novelist) Remember how difficult it was to wean your baby from milk to more solid foods? It was often frustrating and messy, wasn’t it? Yet, it was a necessary step in...
May you and your family be blessed as you celebrate the true meaning of Easter, from the reflection of Good Friday to the joy of Easter Sunday and the promise of eternal life. (Author unknown) Many will enjoy today as a holiday for parades and Easter egg hunts, but...
We have become a generation of people who worship our work, who work at our play, and who play at our worship. (Quoted by Leland Ryken, author) Ryken’s quote is illustrated well by the way some people make light of Lent, the 40 days prior to Easter, which ends...
Practice mercy and forgiveness throughout as a lesson that symbolizes the love shown through his crucifixion. (Unarine Ramaru, university professor) Today is celebrated in the Christian world as Good Friday, the day when Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem. Even the...
People will cling to an unsatisfactory way of life rather than change to get something better for fear of getting something worse. (Eric Hoffer, 20th century social philosopher) Do you recognize yourself in Hoffer’s statement? Have you ever hesitated to make a change...
If you do not like it, change it and if you cannot change it, change the way you think about it. (Mary Englebrat, graphic artist) We often see things we’d like to change—it may be as simple as correcting a typo or as complex as reprogramming our computer. As Englebrat...