Loving Deeply

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age. but they die young.

Benjamin Franklin

Thinking and Acting

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Henri Bergson

Building You Up

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.

Charles T. Jones

Endings Lead to Beginnings

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Louis L’Amour

Your Brand of Discontent

There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. What is your brand?

BC Forbes

Your Angle

There are an infinity of angles at which one falls. Only one at which one stands.

GK Chesterton

Take Care

Take special (and more) time to carefully analyze the unexpected results (successes and failures); that's where the growth opportunities lie.

Disarming Anger and Lust

The surest means of disarming an anger or a lust (is) to turn your attention from the girl or the insult and start examining the passion itself.

CS Lewis

Success Comes

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Henry David Thoreau

Sucess is..

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Booker T. Washington

Success is..

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

George S. Patton

Need & Growth

Spiritual growth requires the acknowledgement of one's need to grow.

M Scott Peck

Angry Speeches

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Ambrose Bierce

Ability and Achievement

…ability does not guarantee achievement, nor is achievement proportional to ability. So it is important to always keep in mind the other term in the equation – the role of chance.

Leonard Mlodinow
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Let the Winter Pass

Sometimes it is best to lie low, to do nothing but let the winter pass. In such moments, you can collect your self and strengthen your identity.