STOP AND THINK - What you leave behind is not what is engraved on stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others. (Pericles, 5th century B.C. Greek statesman) This is an ancient observation that remains as true today as ever. While we might think it’s...
STOP AND THINK - We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. (Kahlil Gibran, 20th century Lebanese-American artist, poet) As we grow and encounter life, we are preparing ourselves for the future without even realizing it. Our choices now have a...
STOP AND THINK - If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrows. (Chinese proverb) Quite often our anger is expressed in an unexpected moment. Our angry words cannot be taken back, and even if we apologize, the damage has been...
STOP AND THINK - The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for. (Zig Ziglar, author, salesman, and motivational speaker) At times it seems that we are living in an age of ingratitude....
STOP AND THINK - Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. (John Wooden, renowned coach and counselor) In the search for success, we often think that when we achieve it, we will have finally arrived. However, there is always something...
STOP AND THINK - Hope: A trusting expectation that God is going to keep His word. (Author Unknown) Dictionary definition: to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be true. Sounds pretty indefinite, doesn’t it. To the contrary, biblical...
STOP AND THINK - Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. (Will Rogers, humorist and social commentator) Everyone wants to think he’s “on the right track.” We may need some spiritual guidance to determine what’s “right.” But once...
STOP AND THINK - As antitoxins prevent the disastrous effects of certain poisons and diseases, thanksgiving destroys the poison of fault-finding and grumbling. (Clinton C. Cox, pastor) We are certainly grateful for the development of serums that counteract diseases...
STOP AND THINK - We often learn more of God under the rod that strikes us than under the staff that comforts us. (Stephen Charnock, 17th century English Puritan clergyman) No doubt, all of us prefer the staff (comfort) over the rod (pain). But, if we are honest about...
STOP AND THINK - There is a limit beyond which patience, tolerance and charity toward another’s sin ceases to be a virtue. (David Garland, British law and sociology professor) Tolerance is a much-used word in today’s society. Some have wrongly used the term to excuse...
STOP AND THINK - A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. (Walter Winchell, newspaper and radio commentator) Have you ever felt all alone in the midst of some kind of struggle? Everyone seems to have deserted you, and you feel abandoned....
STOP AND THINK - Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. (Hannah More, 18th-19th century English writer and philanthropist) Having a goal is a good thing, but it’s often hard to keep it foremost in your planning and thinking....