Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. (Albert Einstein, renowned scientist) Success seems to be the goal for most young people. To be the best known athlete or actor. To be the winner in an important election. To be named “author of the year.” All of...
Contentment is realizing God has provided everything I need for my present happiness. (Bill Gothard, speaker and author on life principles) Are you working hard to find happiness? Many are, but never seem to be satisfied with their present circumstances or place in...
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. (Malcolm Forbes, 20th century American entrepreneur and publisher) Remember readin’, writin’, and ‘rithmetic? It was mostly just cramming our brains with facts, dates, and ideas. And with that we...
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values. (Ayn Rand, U.S. Russian-born novelist) Rand reminds us once again that happiness doesn’t just happen. We don’t get it by waiting for events or people to bring it to us; we...
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. (George Sand, pseudonym for 19th century French novelist, Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin) Sand suggests a number of...
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. (Leon J. Suenes, 20th century Roman Catholic Cardinal from Belgium) Suenes would have us understand that happiness is not just a state of mind that results from pleasant...
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. (Epictetus, 1st & 2nd century A.D. Greek-speaking philosopher) This ancient principle is much-needed in the 21st century. After all, what you are pretty well determines what you do. In that...
Happiness is not a possession to be prized; it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. (Daphne du Maurier, 20th century English author and playwright) Perhaps because of our childhood experiences, we have come to think that being happy is like having a...
There isn’t any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. (Robert Mitchum, American film actor and singer) We have all met people who seem never to be satisfied. As Mitchum says, there just is no way to please them. And we sometimes continue to be frustrated...
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. (Bertrand Russell, 20th century British philosopher and social critic) Many people seem to find their security and happiness in their possessions—the stuff they have around them. Russell...
Fall seven times, stand up eight. (Japanese proverb) Do you remember when your children or grandchildren were learning to walk? How many times did you urge them to get back up and try again after they’d fallen? Of course, we understand the importance of getting up and...
By: Julia Somerset “Childhood scenes rushed back at me out of the night, strangely close and urgent. Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them,...