If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way. If it’s not, you’ll find an excuse. (Jim Rohn, late author and motivational speaker) No matter how busy we think we are, we do manage to find time to do the things we really want to do, don’t we? When we’re asked to...
Character is tested when a person receives power. (Attributed to Abraham Lincoln by John Wooden, late legendary coach) Wooden points out that key elements of great character: humility, consideration for others and integrity are sometimes severely tested when a person...
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. (Albert Einstein, renowned scientist) Re-hashing our problems, trying to figure out what went wrong and how we got into this situation is often an effort in futility. Einstein...
The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel. (Steven Furtick, pastor) One of life’s personal dangers is comparing ourselves with others. As Furtick suggests, we see only the strong public...
The problem with every good idea is that it eventually degenerates into a four-letter word…WORK. (Tom Julien, author) The world is full of people with ideas. We all have brainstorms that we think could really revolutionize society if we could just bring them to...
If everybody agreed with ME, they'd be all right. (Lucy in the “Peanuts” cartoon strip) It’s not just children, like Lucy, who think “me-first.” Have you noticed that many people in a crowded place are almost completely unaware of those around them? Or have you tried...
Respecting another person is much more about who we are than about who the other person is. (Albert Lee, educator) Lee, also, expressed a common sentiment today when he noted that “[Some] may say that people need to show themselves worthy of respect before we can...
The only way of catching a train I have discovered is to miss the train before. (G. K. Chesterton, 20th century English writer and philosopher) Perhaps Chesterton missed a lot of trains, and if so, he apparently took a very positive view of his penchant. We complain...
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. (Franklin P. Jones, author) Probably no one really likes to be criticized. We might say we need constructive criticism to help us improve the way we live or act....
Your choices create your reality. (Jason Harvey, author) Harvey continues, “You shape your future every day through the choices you make.” Much in life we can’t control—the weather or the pace of time, for example; but we are in charge of our choices. Every day...
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart. (John Bunyan) Prayer is a common worldwide practice, whether as a religious rite in a public gathering or in one’s private meditation. For some, their habit is to recite prayers learned...
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. (Bertolt Brecht, 20th century German dramatist and poet) Death is fearful to many people who have no hope for a future life. It’s the unknown that so often distresses us, but Brecht helps us consider where our...