“Courage is not simply one of the virtues..."

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”

~C.S. Lewis, 1898-1963, writer, theologian, scholar

"Closed doors are often blocks..."

"Closed doors are often blocks to the wrong path."

~Wings over the Mountains of Life

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“If you want to succeed..."

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. ”

~John D. Rockefeller, Sr., 1839-1937, oil magnate, philanthropist

"What I must do is all that concerns me..."

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule, equally arduous in action and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds...."

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”

~Saint Basil, 329-379, bishop of Cesarea

“There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause..."

“There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. ”

~Robert Brault, poet

“Treat everyone with politeness..."

“Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.”

~Unknown

“I try to avoid looking forward or backward..."

“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.”

~Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855, novelist

"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand..."

"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

 

~Oliver Wendell Holmes

“To be rich in admiration and free from envy..."

“To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness - these are the gifts which money cannot buy.”

~Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, essayist, poet, novelist

"Conscious evolution begins as..."

"Conscious evolution begins as we take responsibility for clearing our own obstructions."

~Dan Millman

"'Now’ is the operative word..."

"'Now’ is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating."


~Barbara Sher

"Without passion..."

"Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." 

~Henri Frederic Amiel

"Self-acceptance is my refusal..."

"Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself."

~Nathaniel Branden

"Joy can be real only if..."

"Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness."

~Count Leo Tolstoy

“Manners are a sensitive awareness of..."

“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. ” 

~Emily Post, 1872-1960, American author on etiquette

“Nobody is bored when..."

“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true. ”

 
~William Inge, 1913-1973, American playwright

“Values are like fingerprints...."

“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do.”

~Elvis Presley, 1935-1977, American musician

"The things which hurt..."

"The things which hurt, instruct." 

~Benjamin Franklin

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones..."

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.”

~Willie Nelson, born 1933, singer, songwriter, poet

"How soon - not now, becomes never..."

"How soon - not now, becomes never." 

~Martin Luther

"Without a quest..."

"Without a quest, life is quickly reduced to bleak black and wimpy white, a diet too bland to get anybody out of bed in the morning.
A quest fuels our fire.
It refuses to let us drift downstream gathering debris."

~Charles Swindoll

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated..."

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."

-David Lloyd George

"A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power..."

"A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power."

-Mark Rutherford

“We must always have old memories and young hopes.”

“We must always have old memories and young hopes.”

 
~Arsène Houssaye, 1815-1896, writer, novelist, poet

"Think of your mind as the birthplace of God's intentions."

"Think of your mind as the birthplace of God's intentions."

- Raymond Charles Barker

"Please give me what I ask, dear Lord..."

"Please give me what I ask, dear Lord,
If You'd be glad about it.
But if You think it's not for me,
Please help me do without it."

~Anonymous

“Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure..."

“Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.”

 
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, philosopher, scientist, author

"If you are distressed by anything external..."

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

 

- Marcus Aurelius