STOP AND THINK - There can only be true despair when there is no hope. (from Batman, the Movie) The Bible says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick” (Proverbs 13:12). In difficult times the circumstances may be hard to cope with, but the problem is so much worse when...
STOP AND THINK - Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. (Harold S. Geneen, 20th century American businessman) What kind of leader do you want to follow? The man or woman who is constantly telling you what to do, perhaps berating...
STOP AND THINK - I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse. (Philip Yancey, American Christian author) How many times have you looked back and realized that an experience you went through had prepared you for the very...
STOP AND THINK - Light tomorrow with today. (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 19th century English poet) We must always live today with tomorrow in mind. Today’s actions will affect tomorrow’s activity and thought. If today’s deeds are evil, they will produce unhappy...
STOP AND THINK - Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good. (Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States) Wise words! Of course, it’s important to “repress” evil, to eradicate it...
STOP AND THINK - Resisting temptation is not founded on the reality of your circumstances but on the resolve of your commitment! (Scott Distler, American pastor) Do you remember the comedian who joked, “The devil made me do it”? We do make excuses for our failures,...
STOP AND THINK - What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. (C. S. Lewis, British Christian apologist) It’s an interesting thought, isn’t it? We don’t just hear things objectively. Our hearing,...
STOP AND THINK - Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. (Denis Waitley, American motivational speaker and author) What do you want to achieve in life? What do you...
STOP AND THINK - We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. (John Maxwell, American motivational speaker and author) No, we can’t determine our life span, but we can choose how we will live the years that are...
STOP AND THINK - Reading is a means of thinking with another person’s mind; it forces you to stretch your own. (Charles Scribner, Jr., publisher) The higher the literacy rate, the more likely an educated and prosperous people. When you can read, you have access to the...
STOP AND THINK - Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, early 20th century associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) The power and value of ideas can hardly be exaggerated. What’s more, when a new idea...
STOP AND THINK - Procrastination is the thief of time. (Roadside billboard) Many people have acquired a well-developed habit of procrastination. Mañana is their mantra. “Don’t do today what you can put off till tomorrow,” they say. But time is a precious commodity; we...