The road to success is always under construction. (Lily Tomlin, American comedienne and writer) We’d like to think that success is an end that can be achieved with a reasonable amount of time and effort. But, as Tomlin suggests, it doesn’t often come quickly. In fact,...
We are too quick to blame God when things go wrong and too quick to give ourselves credit when things go right. (quoted by Dan McDairmant, Christian business man) McDairmant reflects an all too common reaction to the difficulties of life. “Why has God allowed these...
I look to the future because that is where I’m going to spend the rest of my life. (George Burns, 20th century American comedian) Sometimes we say things that have a greater truth than merely the humor of the moment. If we are nostalgic and “live” mostly in the past,...
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. (Thomas Paine, American revolutionary political activist) Planted in the heart of every human being, it seems, is the desire to be free, to express himself or...
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil but by those who watch them and do nothing. (Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist) If you remember that Einstein lived during the years of Germany’s Third Reich with its horrible atrocities in World...
Man knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. (Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright) This line is from one of Wilde’s plays in answer to the question, “What is a cynic?” Whatever was intended to be the significance of the statement in the play, it certainly...
You need an attitude of service. (David Green, businessman, philanthropist) Green continues: “You're not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.” Not only can you develop skills as you serve, but you will also learn to persist in...
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. (Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) Taxes are an essential part of modern civilization, but when tax day comes (that’s today in the United States), we all try to find ways to lower our...
Wealth is not the problem. The relentless pursuit and love of wealth to the exclusion of loving and serving other people is. (Johnston Moore, children’s advocate) People who don’t have much of this world’s goods often decry the wealth of the affluent. They sometimes...
Those who conceal their sins do not prosper, but those who confess and renounce them find mercy. (The Bible) We all make mistakes and sometimes they are grievous and harmful to others. That’s bad enough, of course, but what may be even worse is the attempted cover-up,...
It is easy to fly into a passion—anybody can do that—but to be angry . . . in the right way—that is not easy. (Aristotle, 4th century B.C. Greek philosopher) His more complete statement: “... to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time...
Be loyal to your friends. Popularity is overrated; friendship is not. (Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize- winning author and columnist) In a world of instant and almost universal news, celebrity often comes quickly to athletes, entertainers, and politicians. Then there are...