You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
Character grows in the stream of the world’s life.
Henry Drummond (1851-1897) was a Scottish evangelist, writer, and lecturer.
How often has this happened to you? You go about your life, but a restlessness seems to hang over you. In such moments, ask, “Lord, what is it You want to tell me?”
From Psalm 121:1-2: “I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
Tom Bodett (born 1955) is an American author, voice actor, and radio personality. He has been the brand spokesperson for Motel 6 for a number of years, where he reminds listeners that “we’ll leave the light on for you.”
From 1 Thessalonians 4:14: “For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have died.”
Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you, yes I do. (lyrics from “Your Smiling Face”)
Shower the people you love with love. (lyrics from “Shower The People”)
James Taylor (born 1948) is an American singer-songwriter. His talents have been well-recognized with six Grammy awards as well as being selected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
How do you spell love? When we reach the point where the happiness, security, and development of another person is as much of a driving force to you as your own happiness, security, and development, then you have mature love. True love is spelled G-I-V-E.
From 1 John 4:7-12: “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.”
Josh McDowell (born 1939) is an American Christian evangelist and co-author of over 150 books.
The creative adult is the child who has survived.
The worst walls are never the ones you find in your way. The worst walls are the ones you put there.
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an American author who achieved success in the realm of science fiction as well as fantasy.
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
Forget the past–the future will give you plenty to worry about.
George Allen (1918-1990) was an American football coach. He served as an NFL head coach for two different teams: Los Angeles Rams (1966-1970) and Washington Redskins (1971-1977). He was well-known for his ability to motivate his teams to achieve success.
Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
Parker Palmer (born 1939) is an American author and educator. Much of his writing has focused on issues dealing with leadership, spirituality, and social change.
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) served in the United States Army in a variety of roles and assignments. As commanding general, he oversaw the operations in the Pacific theater during World War II. Later, he served as leader of the United Nations Command during the Korean War.
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