Re: Quotes of the day
*life has to be taken day by day and hour by hour
*real joy comes not from ease or riches or from praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile
*every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with quality
*greater than any army with banner is an idea whose time has come
*it is much easier to be critical than to be correct
*believe in God's mercy; if God forgives you, you can forgive yourself....and try again tomorrow
*act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity
*choices today affect the future. In the way righteourness there is life.
*the glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time your fall
*happiness depends chiefly on our cheerful acceptance of routine, on our refusal to assume, as many do that daily work and daily duty are kind of slavery
*plant seeds where you want a crop to grow
*I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends for more on the way we meet the events of life, than on nature of those events themselves
*if doing God's will is all that counts for you, than no matter what the rest of the life brings, you can find joy
*feeling let down today, try looking up
*at some time in our life we feel a trembling, fearful longing to do some good thing. Life finds its noblest spring of excellence in this hidden impulse to do our best
*if a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away
*we always have time enough if we use it aright
*a handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forest. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high
*fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
*whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly
*we first make our habits, and then our habits make us
*the greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it
*use well the moments, what the hour brings for thy use is in thy power; and what thou best danst understand in just the thing lies nearest to thy hand
*each of us should do something everyday that we do not want to do but know we should do, to strengthen our backbone and put iron in our soul.
*holiness is not a place to stop, but a highway to travel
*learning is its own exceeding great reward
*courage is the power of being mastered by and possessed with an idea
*call your opinions your creed, and you will change it every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of revelation of God, and you may keep it to the end
*why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is
*every man's life is a plan of God
*thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world
*God's road is all uphill, but do not tire; rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher
*the secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do
*God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
*We should make plans counting on God to direct us
*character is the by-produc; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty
*in making living today many no longer leave any room for life
*the most precious things of life are near at hand. Each of you has the whole wealth of the universe at your door. All may be yours by stretching forth your hand and taking it
*God gives the birds their food, but He does not throw it into their nests
*the true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life
*with malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmess in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in
*failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently
*there is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events
*either I will find a way, or I will make one
*the people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstance they want; and if they can't find them, make them
*the past is the guidepost, not the hitching post
*to learn to know one's self to pursue th eavenues of self-development, is what I call creative aging
*no wind serves him who has no destined port
*they conquer who believe they can
*much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces and which most men throw away
*he who cherishes a beautiful ideal in his heart, will one day realize it
*it is never too late to giveup your prejudices
*I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life
*exactness in little duties is a wonderful sources of cheerfulness
*the future is as bright as the promise of God
*hats off to the past; coats off to the future
*perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody
*if you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them
*to give life a meaning one must have a purpose larger than one's self
*seek the first possible opportunity to act on every good resolution you make
*nothing will or can restore order till our hearts make the great decision: God shall be exalted about all else
*unless a man undertakes more than he possible can do, he will never do all that he can do
*no man knows what he can do till he tries
*do everyting as though success depended on you alone, but expect nothing save from God
*Our Lord does not care so much for the importance of our works as for the love with which they are done
*if any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both
*the will of God will not take you where grace of God cannot keep you
*little by little the time goes by short if you sing it; long if you sigh
*five years from now you will be pretty much the same as you are today except for two things: the books you read and the people you get close to
*demand of every common thing of life, whether it be your body or your money or your daily experience, that it shall bloom to fine results in your own soul and in your influence upon the world
*to every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage
*in every failure is the seed of success
*we must move from asking God to take care of the things that are breaking our hearts, to praying about the things that are breaking His heart
*nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else
*love the beautiful, seek out the true, wish for the good, and the best do
*you can't build a reputation on what you're going to do
*a seed needs time, little rain, and little sun to become a great tree
*extreme times require deep faith
*the key to success is patience