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This You Will Become . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Allen, Words of Champions, p.30
"The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart; by this you will build your life. This you will become. Thought and character are one. Good thoughts bear good fruit. The higher a man lifts his thoughts, the greater his achievement. Cherish your dreams and ideals. Keep your goal forever in mind, for as a man thinks, so he is."
Our Finest Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond
"The truth is that our finest moments, more often than not, occur precisely when we are uncomfortable, when we’re not feeling happy or fulfilled, when we’re struggling and searching."
Concerning Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
When the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson was attending college away from her home, she wrote a letter to her dad concerning a mistake that continued to bother her. Here’s the letter he sent back to his daughter:
"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt creep in; but get rid of them and forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, and you should never encumber its potentialities and invitations with the dread of the past. You should not waste a moment of today on the rottenness of yesterday."
An Impulse to Soar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen Keller
"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar."
Worth of Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Francis of Assisi, Omnibus of Sources, p. 1050
In the Legend of Perugia (¶74) St. Francis in speaking to a novice "said: ‘The worth of knowledge is proportionate to the actions it produces; there is no better sermon than the practice of virtues.’ This was the equivalent of saying: ‘Every tree can be told by its own fruit.’"
On Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bits & Pieces, Feb. 4, 1993, p. 8
"The trouble with being a leader today is that you can’t be sure
whether people are following you or chasing you."
Patience & Perseverance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Quincy Adams, Top Achievement
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
Gift of Encouragement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidney Madwed
"The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond our wildest dreams."
Way of Seeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Alfred D’Souza, via Motivational-Messages
"For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin–Real Life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid–then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."
Ecumenical Unity Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop Nathan Soderblom
A prayer written by Lutheran Bishop Nathan Soderblom from Upsala, a pioneer of the movement for ecumenical unity:
"Lord, be before us to guide us,
be behind us to push us,
be beneath us to carry us,
be above us to bless us,
be around us to protect us,
be in us so that in body and soul
we serve you for the glory of your Name."
Teach Me To Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Albert Schweitzer
"May I follow a life of compassion in pity for the suffering of all living things.
Teach me to live with reverence for life everywhere, to treat life as sacred
and respect all that breathes.
O Father, I grope amid the shadows of doubt and fear, but I long to advance toward the light.
Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world."
A Kind Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saddi
"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer."
Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Overton, © 1975 PatrickOverton.com
"When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen: There will be something solid for you to stand upon, or, you will be taught how to fly."
How to Create Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerhard Gschwadtner, Personal Selling Power, Vol. 12, # 8, p.21
"8. Professional Skills: Your Chief Source of Success–Superachievers outperform others for one simple reason: They develop their professional skills to the point that they become the best in their field of endeavor…Zig Ziglar says, ‘Professionalism starts with a commitment to excellence, to integrity and to helping the customer solving a problem with your expertise.’
To increase [one’s] expertise and skills, ongoing training and development is essential."
The Present Moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas E. Clarke, SJ, "Never a Dull Moment," Weavings, Vol. II, # 3, p.19
"Someone has wittily noted that the letters n-o-w-h-e-r-e spell two very different words. The Christian, and every seeker of God, is called simultaneously to live in the now-here of the present sacramental moment, and the no-where of the utopian future. Putting it another way, the sacrament of the present moment is like every sacrament–it is a sign of the already-real, the now-here presence of God, and at the same time a sign of the not-yet presence of God when the kingdom comes in its fullness."
On Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolfgang Goethe
"True excellence is rarely found,
even more rarely is it cherished."
No-Nonsense Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Sloma
"Every individual has this basic behavioral trait: one is subject to the principle of ‘diminishing response to a constant stimulus.’ Inescapably, in the absence of new stimuli sources, each individual becomes a little more lax, a little less disciplined, a little more out of control.
The manager is the inevitable source of organization stimuli. The pace he sets, the example he shows, the communications he transmits will reveal the level of control his people can anticipate."
Treasury of Irish Folklore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Padraic Colum
For most of us the picture of a white-bearded personage banishing a wriggling snake covers a great deal of what we know about Saint Patrick. However, "[t]here were never any snakes in Ireland, and so our saint was under no necessity to banish them. Now the Norse word for toad is paud; coming to Ireland they noticed there were no such creatures there. They heard of a man whose name was Paudrig, and they thought that this meant ‘toad-expeller,’ and out of this misunderstanding came the legend of Patrick’s banishing not only toads but snakes. Of course that helped to add veneration to his name, for the snake was the emblem of evil. And so the most popular of the stories about Ireland’s apostle has a Norse and not an Irish origin. "We have got to get past both the shamrock and the snake to perceive what sort of man the apostle really was. He was a man of great conviction, great energy, great charity; he combined great visionary power with a practical sense and a soldierly audacity; he could have been a good general and a remarkable poet. He was a saint because he loved men and loved God."
"Tree Across the Ravine" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
There were several missionaries in South America who were trying to reach a primitive tribe of people with the gospel. Bible translators had difficulty putting the word "reconciled" into the Auca language. They searched for an equivalent word but found none. Then one day one of the translators traveled through the jungle with some of the Aucas. They came to a narrow, deep ravine and the missionary thought they could go no farther. The Aucas, however, took out their machetes and cut down a tree large enough to fit across the ravine, permitting them to cross safely.
The translator, listening intently to the Aucas, discovered that they had a word for "tree across the ravine." This seemed to be the best way to express the meaning of "reconciled."
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