You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. (Albert Camus, 20th century author, journalist, and philosopher) It seems that some people are always looking for life’s meaning. Meanwhile, they’re missing out on life itself, and someone might well say,...
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. (Author unknown) That’s good advice. First, we can’t know what the harvest will be. Second, it may be others who do the harvesting. Third, we are responsible only for what we are given to do....
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. (Inspiration Line) Most people are inclined to make judgments about others. When we do so before knowing the facts, it’s called prejudice. We’d do well to live so we are not thought of as judgmental....
We get the leaders in the future that we make now. (Dr. Randy Smith, American pastor and Bible teacher) Virtually every organization and business in the world is looking for qualified leaders. Smith is making the point that rather than looking for them, we should be...
No law can give me the right to do what is wrong. (Abraham Lincoln) Laws and rules are set in place not only to keep us from doing wrong, but to help us do what is right. If a person of high moral and ethical standards is faced with a law that would cause him to do...
As we live, things inevitably change; they cannot stay the same no matter how hard we try to keep them the way they were. (UPI newsletter) How true! The only thing that doesn’t change is change itself. It’s a part of life. So, if we’re looking for something that is...
Work is not always required of man. There is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected. (George MacDonald, Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.) Today is labor day in the United States (Labour Day in Canada), a time...
When God takes something from your grasp, He’s not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. (Fred Donehoo, Christian educator) When we grasp things too tightly, it will hurt to have them pried from us. If we hold things too close, we...
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have. (Woody Allen, American screenwriter, actor, and comedian) Allen has put into words what many have discovered by sad experience. Always wanting something more or better...