A healthy outside starts from the inside. (Robert Urich, late American actor, producer) People give a lot of attention to their physical well-being today. Television ads promote healthful diets, exercise equipment, and dietary supplements—all of which are purported to...
Truth is what is real; it describes how things really are. (Henry Cloud, self-help author) It can sometimes be difficult to see things as they “really are.” How do we confront someone with truth that may be hard for him or her to face. Cloud suggests that truth must...
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. (Edna Ferber, 20th century Pulitzer Prize-winning author) Have you begun to feel it yet? It’s three weeks away yet, but all around us the decorations have been put up and the stores are offering all kinds of Christmas clothes,...
It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts. (Ella Fitzgerald, late jazz singer) Ella Fitzgerald was sometimes called “The First Lady of Jazz.” Regardless of her background, she knew what she wanted to achieve, and she reached the heights in her...
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. (paraphrase of Robert Louis Stevenson) We are eager to see the results of our efforts. But, we don’t always see the fruit of our work right away. The harvest rewards the farmer for his diligent...
Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do. (Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, considered by some to be the best pitcher in baseball history) When you consider the odds stacked against Satchel Paige, you marvel at his...
It always seems impossible until it is done. (Nelson Mandela, late president of South Africa) To Mandela, his dreams of equality for all and the end of apartheid must often have seemed impossible. Imprisoned at length for his protests and demonstrations, he was...
If you don't ask, you don't get. (Stevie Wonder, musician and songwriter) Wonder’s statement is simple, yet profound. It raises the question, “Why don’t we ask for something we want?” Perhaps we need the answer to a question, but we think we’ll appear ignorant if we...
We can’t say no to something good unless we’re saying yes to something even better. (Rachel Gilson, counselor of college students) Years ago the Sears Roebuck catalogs included page after page of goods to choose from. Its unique format offered merchandise by quality:...
A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one. (Lord Jeffery, 18th century British army officer) People are most often known by their actions. A person who accomplishes a lot and exhibits many good deeds and acts of kindness is thought highly of....
Pain becomes good or bad based on what we do with it. (Source unknown) It’s an oft-repeated idea: pain can be both good and bad. Without physical pain, we wouldn’t know we had touched a hot burner until the skin began to curl. Pain as a warning is a good thing, a...
I’ve learned that the smallest amount of light completely breaks the darkness. (Mekayla Deffenbaugh. social worker) Have you noticed that you can take a small candle into a dark room, and suddenly, the room is no longer in total blackness? On the other hand, can you...