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On Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goethe
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do."
Strengthen the Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen Keller
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
Sometimes so Busy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Francis de Sales
"We are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women."
Big Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul MacCready
"The only big ideas I’ve ever had came from daydreaming, but modern life keeps people from daydreaming. Every moment of the day your mind is being occupied, controlled by someone else—at school, at work, watching television. Getting away from all that is really important. You need to just kick back in a chair and let your mind daydream."
Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon Hill, Succeed & Grow Rich Through Persuasion, p. 20
"Motivation…is simply defined as that which induces action or determines choice. It is that which provides a motive. Your motives are the inner urges that are yours alone. They are the things within you that incite you to action, such as an idea, emotion, desire, or impulse. It is the hope or other force which starts you in action in an attempt to produce specific results."
On Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.K. Chesterton
"There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read."
The Finest Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coach Vince Lombardi
"I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour—his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious."
Personal Breakthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Robbins
"All personal breakthroughs
begin with a change in beliefs."
Excellence of Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aristotle
"To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character."
Lamp of Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . Pope John Paul II, 1/29/03 Reflection on Book of Wisdom, Chap. 9
"Wisdom is like a lamp that illuminates our daily moral choices and leads us on the straight path, to understand what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord, and what is right according to his commandments. It is, therefore, the capacity to penetrate the profound meaning of being, of life and of history, going beyond the surface of things and events to discover the ultimate meaning, willed by the Lord."
Comprised in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Webster
"Knowledge does not comprise all which is contained in the large term of education. The feelings are to be disciplined, the passions are to be restrained, true and worthy motives are to be inspired, a profound religious feeling is to be instilled, and pure morality inculcated under all circumstances. All this is comprised in education."
Courage of Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Successories
"The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity…these are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing."
Nurture Your Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Disraeli
"Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes."
That Kindling Spark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Friedrich Schiller
"Enthusiasm is that kindling spark which marks the difference between the leaders in every activity and the laggards who put in just enough to get by."
We Teach Ourselves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henri-Frédérick Amiel
"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well."
Voyage of Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcel Proust
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands, but in seeing with new eyes."
Will there be Peace? . . . . . . . . Rabbi Israeli Singer, Religious Leaders Conference, Assisi, 2002
"You should tell your people, and we should tell ours, all of us, to question whether land or places are more important than people’s lives. And until we learn to do that there will be no peace."
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Astor
"Power is the ability
to do good things for others."
Rejoice in the Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Thomas Dubay, SM, LIVING FAITH, Sept. 30, 2002
"Little children live intensely in the present moment, neither in the past nor in the future. As the French writer La Bruyre once put it, ‘Children have neither past nor future, but they have something we seldom have—they rejoice in the present.’
This is the child-like trait which the New Testament would have us imitate. Age quod agis—literally, ‘do what you are doing’…The future does not yet exist and the past is gone forever. What we have is the present moment. By it we are fashioning our eternity.…"
Tragedy in America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oliver Wendell Holmes
"The biggest tragedy in America is not the waste of natural resources, though this is tragic. The biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources."
The Young Prodigy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony de Mello, S.J.The young disciple was such a prodigy that scholars from everywhere sought his advice and marveled at his learning.
When the governor was looking for an adviser, he came to the Master and said, "Tell me, is it true that the young man knows as much as they say he does?"
"Truth to tell," said the Master wryly, "the fellow reads so much I don’t see how he could ever find the time to know anything."
Way to Happiness . . . . . . . . . Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking, p. 24
A successful businessman carries a unique business card on the reverse side of which is stated the philosophy which has brought happiness to him…and to hundreds of others…
The card reads: The way to happiness—to keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
As you read these words you may say, "There is nothing new in that." Indeed, there is something new if you’ve never tried it.
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