Focus on changing yourself, not on changing the world. In the end you’ll do both. (Kary Oberbrunner, author and motivational coach) We don’t have to look far to see things that need to be changed. Poverty, crime, political unrest, world-wide turmoil—the list is...
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. (Will Rogers, 20th century American humorist) “Live and learn,” we’ve been told. And haven’t we all learned a lot from living? While we like to think we are making good decisions, we often...
Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. (Booker T. Washington, 19th-20th century American educator) When you know something of the struggles that Washington had to overcome to become an admired teacher and an advisor to...
It is better to be divided by truth than to be united by error. (Adrian Rogers, church leader) Much has been said about the importance of unity. So much more progress can be made when we work together in community. However, as Rogers points out, there are times when...
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. (Joseph Joubert, 18th-19th century French essayist) People who are stubborn about their opinions and never seem willing to consider other options are sometimes described as...
The richest people in the world are not those who have the most but those who need the least. (Craig Groeschel, pastor) Groeschel’s statement is contrary to almost everything the world, especially social media, would have us believe. We’re overwhelmed with voices...
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. (Frederick Wilcox, late British athlete) Muhammad Ali said, “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Well, it is true, isn’t it, that life...
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. (Sally Berger, author and curator) Inertia is a law of physics that says an item at rest tends to stay at rest until moved by an external force. A person suffering from inertia might be said just to be lazy. (Think of...
Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own. (Henri Nouwen, Dutch theologian) “United we stand, divided we fall” is an adage that is played out the world over. Yet, nations are often divided by widely different...
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. (Walter Winchell, late newspaper and radio columnist) Were you ever deserted by people you thought were friends? That really hurt, didn’t it? “Fair-weather friends” stay with you when things are...
I’m so sick of February. It’s the shortest month but it sure doesn’t feel that way. (Toby Flenderson, TV fictional character) For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, winter months can seem to drag on forever, especially in the so-called snow belt. Frigid...
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the commonplace simple, awesomely simple, that is creativity. (Charles Mingus, 20th century musician) Have you ever read an article or book and wondered why the author chose to use arcane words (like that one) when...