STOP AND THINK - Planning isn’t as valuable as learning. And learning comes from trying. (Peter Skillman, British innovator) Skillman goes on to say, “And trying inevitably involves initial failures. But from the less-than-stellar first attempts, eventual triumph...
STOP AND THINK - Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. (Nido Qubein, businessman, motivational speaker, and educator) We often begin an excuse with, “Under the circumstances…” as if we are controlled or...
STOP AND THINK - If it’s meant to be, it’s up to me. (Attributed to Robert Schuller, retired American televangelist) Others put it this way: “Be the change you seek" and "Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person.” (Mother Teresa). This is the opposite of...
STOP AND THINK - If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant—if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. (Inspiration Line) After a long, hard winter, spring is eagerly anticipated and enthusiastically welcomed. But,...
When Nancy Burphy spoke about her philosophies, the most personally challenging one for me was, “It’s virtually impossible to linger in God’s presence and remain the same.” This is where I struggle. I often feel like I am remaining the same, so what does that...
STOP AND THINK - Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. (Sydney Smith, 19th century English writer) Sometimes, it seems, young people want to be something that they don’t really...
STOP AND THINK - Never explain—your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. (Elbert Hubbard, 19th-20th century American writer and philosopher) Katherine Mansfield wrote, “I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of...
STOP AND THINK - Reputation matters but character leads the way. (Lolly Daskal, leadership consultant) Reputation is gained in many ways—having a great success (in sports or entertainment, for example) or a big public failure (moral problem, criminal act, etc.). In...
STOP AND THINK - Someone has said that an education is a growing awareness of our ignorance. (Quoted by Bruce Triplehorn, American teacher in Brazil) The honest learner would confess that the more he learns the more he realizes there is so much more to learn. It is...
STOP AND THINK - Sweater: a garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. (Inspiration Line) We can all remember our mothers caring for us this way. Sometimes, it was unnecessary, maybe, but it was their overwhelming love that motivated them to protect us...
STOP AND THINK - There is no practical value in believing. The value comes from what we do with what we believe. (Mike Lee, American pastor) It has been noted before that belief or faith is only as good as the object of that faith. But, as Lee points out, there’s...
STOP AND THINK - The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. (Mother Teresa) Hunger is still a serious problem in our world, and we should do all we can to alleviate it. Providing nutritional food will help, and we must make it...