A sunrise is a wondrous marvel, but in reality the sun never rises. It is the earth that rotates to face the sun. Life too can be a wondrous marvel, but like the earth, we must turn our eyes toward brighter things.
Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world – the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the land forms and numerous earthly wonders. Consider the countless worlds beyond this planet as well as their stars and galaxies. And then consider yourself. Of all God’s creations, you were formed in His image, resembling the likeness of a God. That’s something to think about.
Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments.
Life is not about having perfect days. Life is not about handling days perfectly. Life is about perfecting one’s character through the having and handling of every given day.
Ci sono molti che non vogliono dormire per paura degli incubi. Purtroppo, ci sono molti che non vogliono svegliarsi per la stessa paura.
No one can convince a man of his erring ways as persuasively as experience.
When gossip starts, be deaf.
I know you would like to blame the world, but the fact is that life is an ‘up to you’ thing.
A red-cape game of retribution is dangerous when a fresh bull with bigger horns waits in the shadows.
Like yeast, it’s impressive how considerably an ounce of determination can make one’s efforts grow and expand.
The least effort is the feat most likely to be accomplished.
Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.
In sleep I visit the vast unknown to dream wondrous possibilities into existence.
Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve as both toys and food, big dogs like to snuggle, falling isn’t flying, cream drips from lazy cows, water should be avoided at all costs, baths don’t require getting wet, kindness and cruelty often fall from the same hand, and engines remain comfortably warm long after the motor dies.
Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.
They say if you’re a better person today than you were yesterday you’re well on the road to perfection. So I figure if I’m a real snot today, tomorrow I should make huge progress.
What kind of person is void of compassion? A heartless one. But alas, compassion cannot exist without the endurance of afflictions.
If we were to behave half as well as we believe others ought to behave, we might prove ourselves as grand in character as excuses and justifications prevent us from being.
It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated as a calculus equation.
It’s easy to be kind to friends who return your smiles and happily lend a helping hand. But the true test of good character is finding the will and desire to be kind and charitable to those who give us absolutely no motivation to do so.