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Volume 16, # 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November, 2000 |
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While In School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Rohn,
www.jimrohn.com"While you are in school, make sure you get the information. What you think about it, that’s up to you. What you are going to do with it that will soon be up to you. But while you are there, make sure you get it. In fact, my advice is—Don’t leave school without it!"
Be Convinced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . André Gide
"Never cease to be convinced that life might be better—your own and others."
On Criticizing Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Medina,
Powerquotes - Vol. 4, # 193"Criticizing others is a dangerous thing, not so much because you may make mistakes about them, but because you may be revealing the truth about yourself."
No Nonsense Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Sloma
"Any leader, to be effective, must be decisive. Decisiveness is not stubbornness; it is not a posture. It is rather a willingness, after prudent forethought, to act, to do. Decisiveness, per se, is not a virtue. The action taken, the things done, are what can make decisiveness a desirable trait. Decisiveness is only an asset.
Most people possess neither the self-confidence nor the assertiveness to take visible action in pursuit of a conviction. This unwillingness to act allows those who are willing to act to prevail."
Strong Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alfred Armand Montapert
"Great persons are great because of good, strong foundations on which they were able to build a character."
Intelligent People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bits & Pieces, May ‘88"The more intelligent people are the more they see differences.
To the unimaginative everything looks alike."
Visioneering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Deaton,
INSIGHT, # 83, 6#2 Burning Desire. In this stage you have a tremendous appetite to know more about the subject related to your goal. As your knowledge increases, so do the richness and intensity of your vision. And the vivid nature of your vision further ignites your desire. Your study and desire ignite the subconscious, and you start to formulate plans.
Sense of Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Scott Peck,
A World Waiting To Be Born, p. 71"Mid-life crisis—the most common reason it is a time of crisis is that it is properly a time of vocational change. It is a time when God calls us to revitalization, and frequently that revitalization requires a radical shift in activity or focus."
Faith Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wm. Makepeace Thackeray
"It is not dying for a faith that is hard. It is living up to it."
Self-Hate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR,
Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones, 102
"…It is extremely important for our growth to be deeply aware that God loves us…
If I tried to link the struggle for mental health with the struggle for holiness, I would say it is most clearly seen in the terrible battle against self-hate in the depths of the soul. Once the chain of self-hate is broken, the individual becomes free to love others, to be generous, to escape from the darkness…"
Greatest Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soundings
, Dec. ‘88"The greatest waste of our natural resources is the number of people who never achieve their potential."
Spiritual Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WEAVINGS, Sept.-Oct. ‘88
"Spiritual reading is the discipline through which we enter the company of the saints in order to glean their wisdom and to receive their guidance toward spiritual maturity. Yet spiritual reading of scripture or other texts does not follow the ‘strip-mining method’ we so often apply to written material. The aim in spiritual reading is not to scour the pages for valuable nuggets of insight with which we can turn a spiritual profit. Rather, spiritual reading is a form of dwelling in the words, listening attentively for what God is saying to us in the unique circumstances of our life."
Dream Lofty Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Allen,
As A Man Thinketh"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last
The greatest achievement was at first, and for a time, a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.unveil.
You will realize the Vision (not the idle wish) of your heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, must love. Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less."
Certain Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Savage Landor
"There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us."
On Compassion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur Schopenhauer
Compassion is the basis of all morality."
Something Noble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Twain
"God has put something noble and good into every heart which His hand created."
So few Aspire… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seneca,
FORBES, 3-19-90, p. 212"It is within the power of every person to live one’s life nobly, but of no person to live forever. Yet so many of us hope that life will go on forever, and so few aspire to live nobly."
A Lawyer’s Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . via George Goldtrap
, The Joyful Noiseletter, Oct. ‘93A lawyer was overheard praying in church: "We respectively request, and we entreat, that due and adequate provisions be made this day and the date hereinafter subscribed, for the organizing of such methods and allocations and distribution as may be deemed necessary to properly assure the reception by and for said petitioner of such quantities of baked cereal products as shall, in the judgment of the aforementioned petitioners, constitute a sufficient supply thereof."
Interpretation: "…give us this day our daily bread."
Father, We Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ralph Waldo Emerson"For this new morning with its light,
Father, we thank you.
For rest and shelter of the night,
Father, we thank you.
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything your goodness sends,
Father, in heaven, we thank you."
Kind Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mother Teresa
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Wisdom Seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
"Footprints in the sands of time are never made by sitting down."
"The straight and narrow path would not be so narrow if more people walked along it."
Wonder of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
"When we have to keep our eye on the ball, our ears to the ground, our shoulder to the wheel, our nose to the grindstone, our head level and both feet firmly planted on the ground, the wonder is we get any work done in such a position."
Only a few Dare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William H. Danforth
, I Dare You, p. 6"The world is full of unused talents and latent ability. The reason these talents lie buried is that the individual hasn’t the courage to dig them up and use them. Everybody should be doing better than he or she is, but only a few dare."
When It Is Good To Be A Heretic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
There’s an old Jewish tale of a rabbi discussing with his students the purpose and meaning of everything in Creation. "Everything in God’s Creation is there for a purpose and a reason, therefore it has meaning," the rabbi told them.
"In that case," asked a student smugly, "what’s the purpose of heresy, of denying the existence of God?"
"Ah, well asked," the rabbi replied. "heresy is indeed purposeful. For when you are confronted by another who is in need, you should imagine that there is no God to help, but that you alone can meet this person’s needs."Top of Page
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