The tree that grows fast falls easily. (Bill Burk, late cross-cultural teacher) Many of us are pretty impatient people. When we do our landscaping, we are tempted to plant trees that will grow fast, bloom early, and give us a quick return for our expense and effort....
Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make. (Donald Trump, successful businessman and the 45th present of the United States) Today is Presidents’ Day in the United States. It was just one month ago today that our current president was inaugurated. We...
Love without Truth isn't reality—it's sentimentality, and Truth without Love isn't sustainable—it’s terminal. (Ann Voskamp, best-selling author) Voskamp explains: “Real love truthfully sees the flaws and still really loves fully. Love isn't blind—love is the only way...
Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them. (Nick Vujicic, inspirational speaker) Another way of saying it: “Actions speak louder than words.” We’ve often heard people speak about what...
2/17/1 Worry is wasting today’s time to clutter up tomorrow’s opportunities with yesterday’s troubles. (Stephen Chappell) What’s more, the writer says, “Worry is faith in the negative; trust in the unpleasant, assurance of disaster, and belief in defeat.” We sometimes...
A life is not important except [for] the impact it has on other lives. (Jackie Robinson, late major league baseball star) Sports fans will well remember that Robinson was the first to break the color barrier in professional sports. In spite of severe and hateful...
Happiness is not having what you want but wanting only what you have. (H. Schachtel, 20th century rabbi) “Happiness” is sometimes replaced in this quotation with “Contentment” or “Prosperity.” Whichever word you choose, the teaching is clear. Rather than always...
Procrastination is opportunity’s natural assassin. (Victor Kiam, late American entrepreneur) Whether it’s because of fear or uncertainty, a lot of people just can’t seem to get started. They might miss appointments or deadlines because they’re waiting for inspiration...
Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century American essayist) We’re well into the new year now, so it’s a good time, perhaps, to think about how well we’re...
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. (Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States) Today we remember Honest Abe on the anniversary of his birth. His integrity was demonstrated...
If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. (Doug Larson, columnist) It’s a kind of “tongue-in-cheek” axiom, but it is something to think about. We are often so busy with the “important” activities of life—like...
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. (Socrates, 4th century B.C. classical Greek philosopher) Change is difficult for many, especially as we grow older and become “set in our ways.” For such people,...