Whom you would change, you must first love, and they must know you love them. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) How can we love someone who we think needs to change somehow? We must first understand that true love is to act toward another person in his or her best...
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. (C. H. Spurgeon, 19th century British preacher) Do we worry more now than we used to, or does it just seem that way? Has life become so complex and uncertain, that more and more...
The atheist can’t find God for the same reason that a thief can’t find a police officer. (Author Unknown) That makes sense, doesn’t it? Who ever heard of a thief looking for the police? He’s doing his best to avoid the law. Some honest atheists...
Stop being so sure that you are always right and others wrong. (J. C. Ryle, 19th century Anglican bishop, speaking to young men) It’s characteristic of young people, isn’t it? They’re sure that they are right; rarely will they admit to being...
Reputation is what you are supposed to be; Character is what you are. (William Hershey Davis, late pediatric physician) Davis goes on to say, “Reputation is made in a moment; Character is built in a lifetime.” So, character is no simple thing. If it...
Judgmentalism assumes that you have the right to change someone else. Well, you don’t. You only have the right to choose how you will change and behave. (Vince Poscente, motivational speaker) We do think we have the right to judge others, don’t we?...
People are very open-minded about new things—as long as they’re exactly like the old ones. (Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and inventor) We’re often the victim of our past: “We’ve never done it that way before,” and similar...
I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life—specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown. (Erica Jong, American author) Many people apparently live in constant fear, not of catastrophe or trauma, but of change or not...
In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature’s way of forcing change. (Susan Taylor, American journalist) Life would be so pleasant if we didn’t have to face a crisis from time to time, wouldn’t it? On the other hand,...
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century American essayist) We often are so entangled in the affairs of life that we rarely consider who we are, rather concentrating on what we...
It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. (Jim Bishop, 20th century American journalist) A simple statement of profound truth! We might wish we could go back...
One is not born into the world to do everything, but to do something. (Henry David Thoreau, 19th century American author and philosopher) Work is a privilege. Men were created to work, and little of value is accomplished without hard work. Working provides for one’s...