STOP AND THINK - Ability may get you to the top but it takes character to keep you there. (John Wooden, renowned American basketball coach) Coach Wooden was known, not only for his basketball playing and coaching skills, but also for his teaching and motivational...
STOP AND THINK - In times like these, it helps to remember that there have always been times like these. (Paul Harvey, late American radio broadcaster) When things get tough, we seem to think world conditions and our particular circumstances are unique. We moan about...
STOP AND THINK - I wish to do something Great and Wonderful, But I must start by doing the little things like they were Great and Wonderful. (Albert Einstein, 20th century German-born physicist) Just about everyone wants to accomplish some great feat, both for the...
STOP AND THINK - People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. (John C. Maxwell, Christian author and speaker) Trying to influence people by displaying your wide knowledge on some particular subject is usually ineffective unless you’ve built...
STOP AND THINK - To be happy, don’t do whatever you like; like whatever you do. (Antoine de Saint Exupery, 20th century French writer) Many people seem to think that happiness comes from having the freedom to do whatever you want to do. But the people who follow that...
STOP AND THINK - The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly:--’Tis dearness only that gives everything its value. (Thomas Paine, 18th-19th century American revolutionary author) It’s hard to imagine the...
STOP AND THINK - Pearls are the product of pain—precious, tiny jewels conceived through irritation, born of adversity, nursed by adjustment. (Charles Swindoll, American pastor and author) Here’s another lesson to be learned from nature. When we look at pearls, we...
STOP AND THINK - Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. (Carl Sandburg, 20th century American writer and poet) Another way of saying it is...
STOP AND THINK - The best learning I had came from teaching. (Corrie Ten Boom, holocaust survivor) Every teacher would likely agree with Ten Boom’s observation. We really begin to learn our subject when we prepare to teach it and actually experience the interaction of...
STOP AND THINK - Change has long been a fearful thing for human beings ... and at the same time, it is our most Divine opportunity. (Chelle Thompson, Inspiration Line) Why do so many people fear change? To paraphrase Thompson, “Clinging to the banks of the river may...
STOP AND THINK - Life is mostly froth and bubble, two things stand like stone: kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own. (Adam Lindsay Gordon, 19th century Australian poet) We might not think of life as “froth and bubble,” but we can certainly benefit from...
STOP AND THINK - Everything we paint is a statement about ourselves. (Mark Davis, American radio host and columnist) We may be inclined to think that what we do is often insignificant and unnoticed. Yet, as an author’s writings reflect his personality and the artist’s...