GOD OF HOPE - There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind. (Darwin P. Kinsley, 20th century American business leader) That’s a pretty high-sounding claim, isn’t it? Can anyone really achieve his highest aspirations if his only...
GOD OF HOPE - - The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. (Marcel Proust, 19th-20th century French novelist) Sometimes we become so accustomed to our environment that we take it all for granted, failing to see anything...
GOD OF HOPE - - Chance encounters often create magical opportunities for joy, understanding, and personal growth. (Chelle Thompson, Editor of Inspiration Line) Thompson continues the thought, “The key here is to stay open ... for even the most incredible sunbeam...
GOD OF HOPE - - It"s not only children who grow. Parents do too. (Joyce Maynard, 20th-21st century American author) Maynard goes on to write, “As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours.” If our...
GOD OF HOPE - You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. (Louise Hay, 20th century American motivational author) Some of us are subject to self-criticism. Our self image is low, and we don’t feel...
GOD OF HOPE - The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear. (John Piper, American preacher and author) What makes you feel secure? Where have you put your hope? In retirement funds? Savings accounts? Possessions? An inheritance? A lot of...
GOD OF HOPE - Nothing is useful which is not honest. (Benjamin Franklin, early American diplomat) In a day when “might makes right” and “the end justifies the means,” a maxim like Franklin’s seems old-fashioned and out of place. Yet, in contrast to much modern...
GOD OF HOPE - Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers. (seen on a church billboard) Many people see God as a worthy object of worship and want to please Him in some way, perhaps by doing good deeds. Others, however, look to God, not so much for direction,...
Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers. (seen on a church billboard) Many people see God as a worthy object of worship and want to please Him in some way, perhaps by doing good deeds. Others, however, look to God, not so much for direction, as for advice...
GOD OF HOPE - Ambition is the fuel of achievement. (Joseph Epstein, American essayist and editor) Ambition may be a good trait or an evil characteristic. Some ambitious people pursue a goal so vigorously that they run roughshod over others, caring little about whom...
STOP AND THINK - Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. (Winston Churchill, World War II British Prime Minister) Many things in life are beyond our control: the weather, other people’s behavior, the place we were born, etc. But the most important...
STOP AND THINK - Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better. (John Updike, 20th century American writer and literary critic) When we continue doing what we do in the same old way every time, it not only becomes routine,...