August 30, 2013
STOP AND THINK – The farther you go…the harder it is to return. The world has many edges and it’s easy to fall off. (Anderson Cooper, American journalist and TV personality) I’m not sure what Cooper may have had in mind when he...
August 28, 2013
STOP AND THINK – To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas. (Leo Burnett, 20th century advertising executive) Mistakes, unfortunately, are a part of life. No one lives without them. Thomas...
August 28, 2013
STOP AND THINK – Almost all unhappiness in life comes from the tendency to blame someone else. (Brian Tracey, motivational speaker and author) It started way back in the beginning. Adam’s excuse to God for his sin was, “The woman … she gave...
August 27, 2013
STOP AND THINK – An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. (Maurice Maeterlinck, 19th and 20th century Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist)...
August 26, 2013
STOP AND THINK – Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. (Berthold Auerbach, 19th century German-Jewish author and poet) Music is surely a gift of God. Like every other gift, it can be used for good or misused. When it is...
August 25, 2013
STOP AND THINK – The price of greatness is responsibility. (Winston Churchill, World War II British leader) Like Helen Keller, Churchill realized that you have to diligently care for those things that are your responsibility. He served in a...
August 24, 2013
STOP AND THINK – I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. (Helen Keller) The ambition to accomplish great things is probably in the heart of most young...
August 23, 2013
STOP AND THINK – It is difficult for many of us in this modern, electronic age to comprehend that prayer is a miracle. It is not a technical procedure. (St. Teresa of Avila) Modern communication has become so convenient that we may have...
August 22, 2013
STOP AND THINK – It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. (Antoine de Saint Exupery, 20th century French aristocrat and writer) There is more to life than meets the eye, isn’t there? We...
August 21, 2013
STOP AND THINK – The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. (Warren Buffett, American businessman and investor) It begins with just one incident and then is repeated a time or two. We could probably...
August 20, 2013
STOP AND THINK – You can make good time or make time good. (Quoted by Mike Lee, American pastor) In a time-conscious world, we always seem to be rushing here or there. We want to “make good time” wherever we’re going or make good use of our...
August 19, 2013
STOP AND THINK – There is great meaning in life for those who are willing to journey. (Jim England) One of man’s great questions is “What is the meaning of life?” At some time or another we all ask ourselves, “What am I here for”? Well...