A man wrapped up in himself makes a pretty small bundle. (Ben Franklin, prolific writer of aphorisms) It’s inherent in human beings to think first of themselves. Just watch little children at the earliest ages begin to think selfishly. And, somehow, we don’t seem to...
The remarkable thing about fearing God is when U fear God, U fear nothing else, but if U do not fear God U fear everything else. (Oswald Chambers, 20th century Scottish evangelist) Fearing God is a concept sometimes difficult to understand. It is true that He is...
The meaning of life is to give life meaning. (Inspiration Line e-newsletter) That’s a simple statement, isn’t it? But, is there something profound about it? One of life’s most important questions is, “What is its meaning? What is life all about?” Perhaps, finding your...
At the 1992 Detroit Auto Show, the Lexus SC400 was awarded Motor Trend magazine’s “Import Car of Year” award, a distinction that was not given to the LS400 two years earlier. Automobile magazine named the Lexus ES300 a “Top Ten All-Star.” The SC400 was also...
It only takes a few minutes to do something we will regret for decades. (Keith Minear, pastor) In a culture where speed is everything (faster and faster Internet connections, for example), we can do good quickly, but we can also make colossal mistakes almost...
You’ll never find a rainbow if you are looking down. (Charlie Chaplin, 20th century English comic actor) Chaplain’s simple statement may be more profound than it seems at first glance. Have you noticed some people who always walk, looking at the pavement, and rarely...
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it. (Lou Holtz, former college football coach) It seems to be a common trait among us that when we complain about certain kinds of failures, we are often merely reflecting our own...
It had been quite a year, including the Gulf War, a new conflict emerging between Serbia and the other Yugoslav republics, and the South African Parliament’s repeal of racial classification of South Africans at birth. An amateur video capturing the beating of...
In between goals is a thing called life that has to be lived and enjoyed. (Sid Caesar, American comic actor) Successful people are often goal-oriented. They know what they want to achieve, and they set out to accomplish it with careful planning and determination. When...
I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. (Maya Angelou, American poet laureate) When we were children, there was so much we didn’t know and so much to learn, that it was easy to soak up new information. As we grow older, sometimes, we might be tempted to think...
The road to success is always under construction. (Lily Tomlin, American comedienne and writer) We’d like to think that success is an end that can be achieved with a reasonable amount of time and effort. But, as Tomlin suggests, it doesn’t often come quickly. In fact,...
We are too quick to blame God when things go wrong and too quick to give ourselves credit when things go right. (quoted by Dan McDairmant, Christian business man) McDairmant reflects an all too common reaction to the difficulties of life. “Why has God allowed these...