STOP AND THINK - People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. (W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and poet) Constructive criticism is good for anyone. Speakers, writers, athletes, musicians— everyone needs to know how well he or she is doing in...
STOP AND THINK - Where you go and what you do tells people what you are. (Zig Ziglar, late motivational speaker) It is true that what you are is more important than what you do. What’s inside you is essential, but the externals are important, too. Where you go and...
STOP AND THINK - Leaders understand that activity is not necessarily accomplishment. (John Maxwell, author and motivational speaker) This is what Maxwell calls the “Law of Priorities.” In a frenetic time like ours, we seem to think that a lot of activity means a lot...
STOP AND THINK - The more time you give to something, the more you reveal its importance and value to you. (Rick Warren, pastor and author) Our use of time and money will pretty accurately reflect our priorities or, as Warren says, their “importance and value” to us....
STOP AND THINK - Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. (John Dewey, American philosopher and educator) Change seems to be one of the...
STOP AND THINK - In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature’s way of forcing change. (Susan Taylor, editor, writer, and journalist) Legend has it that the Chinese word for crisis is made up of two words meaning “danger” and “opportunity.” Whether that’s an...
STOP AND THINK - Do what you can, where you’re at, with what you have. (John Wooden, renowned basketball coach) Do the tasks before you seem insurmountable? We look at their immensity or difficulty, and we think we can’t do much. Wooden says, however, that whatever we...
STOP AND THINK - Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. (Winston Churchill, World War II British prime minister) When we’ve accomplished something significant, we may think that our success will continue unendingly. On...
STOP AND THINK - I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. (Maya Angelou, African-American poet) We should be careful about what we say to people. Did we say the right...
One of the biggest questions people who don’t believe Jesus ask is, “If God is God and all powerful, why doesn’t He just end all the suffering?” This has become the cry of those who want to argue the existence of God. It’s the reasoning people take when they just...
STOP AND THINK - Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. (Wayne Dyer, self-help author and motivational speaker) Dyer is encouraging people to live in the present; don’t...
STOP AND THINK - The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one. (Marianne Williamson, teacher, author, and lecturer) Williamson is emphasizing the importance of each individual. She says further, “Personal transformation can and does have global...