STOP AND THINK - It’s more important to build your eulogy rather than your resumé. (Paraphrased from David Brooks, New York Times columnist) Brooks writes of two kinds of virtues: resumé virtues are oriented toward “accumulating power, wealth, and professional...
God heals broken hearts but He has to have all the pieces. (Church signboard) When we’re distressed, calling out to God for help, what are we expecting from Him? Removal of the problem or a change in our circumstances? What are we offering in return? We can never...
STOP AND THINK - Our commitment to integrity can easily be eroded by our love of progress. (Quoted by Tom Roy, attributed to Jonathan Herron) If patience is a virtue, then impatience must be a vice. We may profess to hold very high standards and to operate ethically,...
STOP AND THINK - Think twice before you act. (From Aesop’s Fables) Many of us are impetuous; we just can’t wait to forge ahead, thinking all will be right. The carpenter’s rule is similarly good advice: “Measure twice, cut once.” Some people think and plan so long,...
STOP AND THINK - I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. (Louis Zamperini, late American Olympian and World War II POW) After suffering pain and privation as a prisoner of war, Zamperini, could say, “Hate is self-destructive. If you hate someone, you’re not...
STOP AND THINK - Are you okay with serving even if you are not the main act? (Mike Lee, American pastor) We should be grateful for many people who serve us in a variety of ways, and we should try to serves others, too. As in many things, motivation is a key element....
STOP AND THINK - I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time—waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God—it changes me. (C. S. Lewis, 20th century British Christian apologist) When we face...
STOP AND THINK - Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. (Rita Mae Brown, American writer) Creativity, trust, instincts, hope, work—these are very valuable concepts whose meanings cannot be fully grasped in a sentence or...
STOP AND THINK - He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself. (Michel de Montaigue, 16th century French essayist) Montaigue was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Perhaps he was awakening a more humane element...
STOP AND THINK - Education, like happiness, is individual, and must come to us from life and from ourselves. (Will Durant, 20th century American historian and philosopher) Durant also says, “Do not depend upon teachers to educate you ... follow your own bent, pursue...
STOP AND THINK - Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere. (Nicolas Chamfort, 18th century French writer) Apparently, according to Chamfort, the idea of “happy-go-lucky” is not realistic. Wow, is happiness...
STOP AND THINK - A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. (Muhammad Ali, heavyweight boxing champion) During childhood and adolescence, we learn a lot about life and we gain the essentials for living. As Ali...