Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century essayist) Emerson’s sentiment might be summed up in the popular expression, “Stop and smell the roses.” Apparently, even in his day people were so busy with the activities of...
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings. (Publlius Syrus, 1st century B.C. Latin writer) Benjamin Franklin said that taxes and death are the two certainties of life. Syrus, on the other hand, suggests two great blessing of life. When you’re...
The more I know, the less I know. (from a Puritan prayer) In an age of unlimited information, no one can know something about everything or everything about something. In fact, the more we learn about a particular subject, the more we realize there is a lot more to...
Life is like a mirror; we get the best results when we smile at it. (from a Norman Rockwell calendar) Rockwell’s iconic artwork is still instantly identifiable. Reading today’s quote can make you think you see the kind of picture he drew to illustrate it. It’s really...
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. (J. M. Barrie, 19th-20th centuries Scottish novelist and playwright) Have you noticed how many people walk with their heads down as if they were counting the cracks? Maybe we know...
It is easier to cry against a thousand sins of others than to kill one of your own. (John Flavel, 17th century English clergyman) We are sometimes distressed by the cruelty and violence we see in the world, and we want to cry out against it, demanding that the guilty...
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 18th-19th centuries German writer and statesman) Gifted musicians and athletes appear frequently in public places to much applause—but only after years of hard...
In golf find your game means to learn to play the best you can within your unique set of capabilities and with the most complimentary equipment. (Jim Sheard and Wally Armstrong, golf authors) Not everyone who plays golf can be a prize-winning player. But, if you can...
Some people feel the rain, others just get wet. (Bob Dylan, singer, songwriter) It’s pretty hard to avoid the rain. When it rains, it rains; there’s not much you can do about it except to come in out of it. Perhaps Dylan is pointing to something less obvious. Like so...
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. (Helen Keller, author) We are often amazed when we hear the stories of individuals who have overcome severe handicaps and lived productive lives. Nick Vujicic is a prime example. He was born without...
The almond tree bears it fruit in silence. (Thomas Merton, late American Catholic writer) Have you ever watched a newly planted seed, hoping to see it sprout? Or, confirming Merton’s thought, have you ever tried to hear a tree grow and produce fruit? “Of course not,”...
A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other. (Simon Sinek, British-American marketing consultant) Have you ever watched a basketball game where one team is not doing well, and the other team is wearing out the...