Gandhi’s 7 Dangers to Human Virtue …
1.Wealth without work 2.Pleasure without conscience 3.Knowledge without character 4.Business without ethics 5.Science without humanity 6.Religion without sacrifice 7.Politics without principle The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. James Taylor I used to think I was indecisive, but now ... I'm not so sure. Anonymous Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. Paul Simon Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. Clarence W. Hall Do not judge me until you know me. Do not underestimate me until you challenge me. Do not talk about me until you hve talked to me. Anonymous Nelson Mandella's 8 Rules of Leadership No. 1 Courage is not the absence of fear — it's inspiring others to move beyond it No. 2 Lead from the front — but don't leave your base behind No. 3 Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front No. 4 Know your enemy — and learn about his favorite sport No. 5 Keep your friends close — and your rivals even closer No. 6 Appearances matter — and remember to smile No. 7 Nothing is black or white No. 8 Quitting is leading too Lord You have my heart And I will search for Yours Jesus take my life and lead me on Lord You have my heart And I will search for Yours Let me be to You a sacrifice And I will praise You Lord Lyrics By DELIRIOUS The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy - the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men. A weird life it is to be living always in somebody else's imagination as if that were the only place in which one could become real. Thomas Merton Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. Anne Lamott If your revelation hadn’t delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came. Psalm 119: 92 (MSG) Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard: A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. [or HER!] It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting. Life can only be understood looking backwards; but it must be lived looking forwards. Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Quotes by Abraham Lincoln: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met. If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Quotes by Frederick Buechner: Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you. Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death. Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst. It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle. You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by. Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace. The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." |
The Serenity Prayer has always been
so vital - especially the second part that is less well-known! God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. HERE'S THE PART THAT OFTEN GETS LEFT OUT: Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. You can be on the right track and still get run over if you're not moving. Orrin Woodward A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. Francis Bacon The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. M. L. King, Jr. A man who, as a physical being, is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. Soren Kierkgaard We had the experience but missed the meaning. T.S. Eliot Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them. Dick Van Dyke Life is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of the buffalo in the winter. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Blackfoot Nation In times of change learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer Character is how you treat those who can do absolutely nothing for you. Anonymous Quotes by Joseph Campbell: Our true reality is in our identity and unity with all life. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. The greatest service that could be rendered the Christian peoples would be to convert them to Christianity. Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends. Quotes by Carl Sagan: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. When the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his, then there are many ways and forms in which a man [person] can be a Christian. Henri Nouwen Quotes by Erwin McManus: You cannot follow God in neutral. When it comes to the future, our lives are more discovered than determined. Once you have lift, once you have takeoff, it just might hit you-on its worst day, a butterfly flies better than a caterpillar on its best day. Whatever else Jesus came to do, one thing is clear—He came to set you free. God is not a warden; He is a deliverer. We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be. You cannot advance the kingdom of God with people who are in retreat. I think a lot of us are not on a path; we’re in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life. And for many of us, our dreams will be buried under the epitaph, “I refused to let go of what I had." . |
Favorite Quotes
A collection of sayings, thoughts and quotes I can't get out of my head - no matter how hard I try!