Work & Fun

I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.

Thomas Edison

One Chance

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something.
Jimmy Carter

Unexpected Success

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

Gripped

I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself. something that people call God.
Carl Jung

What I Control

I can’t afford to let other people dictate my moods. The way I respond is up to me.

Les Carter

Quiet Moments

How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?
Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers)

The Light

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world!
William Shakespeare

Sit Down and Talk

Have a courageous conversation with yourself.
John Maxwell

The Goal of Life

Happiness is not the end of life: Character is.
Henry Ward Beecher

Great Teaching

The greatest teaching is not teaching what you know. The greatest teaching is teaching what you’re learning.
John Maxwell

Advice

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
Agatha Christie

Thank You

God gave you the gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say, “thank you”?

Real Friends

Find people who are conduits through which you can better understand yourself and your experiences... as you play the same role for them. Here, on substantive ground, you explore life together.

Stephen Goforth

Unexpected Success

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau