The right train of thought can take you to a better station in life. (Unknown) What you focus your mind on will not only pretty well determine the direction of your life but also its ultimate goal. One thought leads to another and that to...
Where fear is, happiness is not. (Seneca, 1st century Roman Stoic philosopher) A simple statement but an obvious truth. Have you ever known a fearful person that was truly happen—even for a short time? Happiness depends, at least in part, on some...
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can. (Thomas Carlyle, 19th century Scottish philosopher and satirist) No one can do everything, so is it sensible to give some effort here and more somewhere else, spreading our efforts widely?...
If you want to find happiness, find gratitude. (Steve Maraboli, motivational speaker and author) There’s something about being grateful that is self-enhancing. It may be counterintuitive, but when we express thanks to someone, we discover that we...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By: Keith Sampson Executive Coordinator, God of Hope Fall sunrises in Indiana can be absolutely stunning, especially when you wake up excited about what the day may bring. Not because you know what will happen that day, but because you are happy...
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...
By: Jesse Deloe Some time ago a magazine article commented on the oft-spoken suggestion to quit talking about what’s wrong and tell others what’s right. Except for the cynics among us, most people would be happy to talk only—or at...
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