To live our lives and miss the great purpose we were designed to accomplish is truly a sin. (William Wilberforce, 19th century British anti-slavery leader) Have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I here?” “What’s the purpose of my life?” Those are essential life...
There is no kind of ultimate goal to do something twice as good as someone else. It is just to do the job as best you can. (Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break the sound barrier) It’s good to set goals, but they should be reasonable. What’s the special value in doing...
When I look at my life in its full sweep, what I realize is that the only things that give me sustained joy . . . have to do with the people I’ve helped. (Charles Colson, late founder of Prison Fellowship) Chuck Colson was a man of intelligence, vision, and...
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. (William James, American philosopher and psychologist) As children, we didn’t understand that there is more to life than the now. We didn’t think beyond what we might be doing at any given...
Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody. (Robby Novak, child actor) A simple, childlike expression of a valuable concept: encouragement. How do our friends feel after they’ve been with us? Are they let down or uplifted? Have we given them something...
Don't survive your life. LIVE IT! (Oliver Edwards, Canadian pastor) Life may sometimes be very difficult. Sometimes we ask, “Can I ever get through this day?” The ordinary burdens of everyday life are difficult enough at times, and when something else hits us, like...
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. (Michael Pritchard, actor and youth counselor) Someone else has said, “If you laugh a lot, when you get older, your wrinkles will be in the right places.” We’ll never be too old to...
I am not afraid of failing, I am afraid of being successful at something that doesn’t matter. (Quoted by Morris M. Michalski, coach and basketball specialist) Coach “Mo,” as he was known, quoted an athlete with a unique perspective on success. It’s an interesting and...
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. (Orison Sweet Marden, 19th-20th century inspirational author) Marden continued, “It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.” Too often we’re...
It is harder to win back the friendship of an offended brother than to capture a fortified city. His anger shuts you out like an iron bar. (The Living Bible) Remember when you were a child and you had a falling out with your best buddy? It hurt for a while, but it...
The avoidance of legitimate suffering means we also avoid the growth that problems demand of us. (Swindoll, American pastor and author) No one in his right mind likes to suffer. We avoid suffering at all costs—with medication, alcohol, or any other means of escape....
Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the one all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. (Charles Francis Adams Jr, Civil War Union army officer) Adams’ observation is as relevant today as it was...