" Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world." - Goethe -
" There is nothing so fatal to character as half-finished tasks." -Lloyd George-
" Character is much easier kept than recovered." -Thomas Paine-
" A man's best collateral is his character." -JP Morgan-
" Weakness in character is the only defect that cannot be amended."
" Character is what God and angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us." -Horace Mann-
" It is not by man's pursuit, but by his character that he is rich or poor."
-William Feather-
One of the surest marks of character is a man's ability to accept personal criticism without malice to the one who gives it." -OA battista-
" Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows, but by what he loves."
-Agustine-
" A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character is only in the rushing stream of life. -Goethe-
" Character cannot be developed in ease and quite. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
- Helen Keller-
Quotes of our everyday life
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
"Bible"
" Lay hold of the Bible lays hold of you." -Will H. Houghton-
" As tears come from the heart and appeal to the heart, so the bible comes from God, and he that is from God listen to His voice." - Michael Faraday-
" A Bible in every home is principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty."
- Benjamin Frnaklin-
" It is not enough to own a Bible; we must read it. It is not enough to read it; we must let it speak to us; we must believe it. It is not enough to believe it; we must live it." - William Arthur Ward -
" It is not possible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."
- George Washington -
" I have always said, I always will say, that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands." -Thomas Jefferson-
" Conscience does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by God's Word."
- Trumbull -
" A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."
- Theodore Roosevelt -
" Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years."
- Charles H. Spurgeon -
" The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people." -GK Chesterton-
" The Bible is a window in this prison world, through which we may look into eternity." - Timothy Dwight-
" The Bible survives because it contains God's answer to mankind's needs."
-Laurence Maxwell-
" As tears come from the heart and appeal to the heart, so the bible comes from God, and he that is from God listen to His voice." - Michael Faraday-
" A Bible in every home is principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty."
- Benjamin Frnaklin-
" It is not enough to own a Bible; we must read it. It is not enough to read it; we must let it speak to us; we must believe it. It is not enough to believe it; we must live it." - William Arthur Ward -
" It is not possible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."
- George Washington -
" I have always said, I always will say, that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands." -Thomas Jefferson-
" Conscience does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by God's Word."
- Trumbull -
" A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."
- Theodore Roosevelt -
" Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years."
- Charles H. Spurgeon -
" The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people." -GK Chesterton-
" The Bible is a window in this prison world, through which we may look into eternity." - Timothy Dwight-
" The Bible survives because it contains God's answer to mankind's needs."
-Laurence Maxwell-
"Best"
" To do best is to be one man picked out of a thousand." - Eden Phillpots -
" Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all." - Persian proverb-
" The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. They do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common works as they come, certain that daily duties and daily bread are sweetest things in life. - Robert Louis Stevenson -
" Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out." -Ty Boyd-
" The best rosebush is not which has the fewest thorns, but what which bears the finest roses." - Henry Van Dyke-
" The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." - William F. Buckley, Jr.-
" Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all." - Persian proverb-
" The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. They do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common works as they come, certain that daily duties and daily bread are sweetest things in life. - Robert Louis Stevenson -
" Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out." -Ty Boyd-
" The best rosebush is not which has the fewest thorns, but what which bears the finest roses." - Henry Van Dyke-
" The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." - William F. Buckley, Jr.-
Friday, August 26, 2011
"Attitude"
" You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." -Indira Gandhi-
" Most people have a desire to look at the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional." -John Maxwell-
" Our attitudes control our lives; attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force." -Charles Simmons-
" Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -WW Ziege-
" If you don't like world as it is- change your attitude." -Anonymous-
" Most people have a desire to look at the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional." -John Maxwell-
" Our attitudes control our lives; attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force." -Charles Simmons-
" Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -WW Ziege-
" If you don't like world as it is- change your attitude." -Anonymous-
Thursday, August 25, 2011
"Anger"
" Anger is an erroneous zone, a kind of psychological influenza that incapacitates you just as a physical disease would....Anger is a choice, as well as a habit. It is a learned reaction to frustration, in which you behave in ways that you would rather not. In fact, severe anger is a form of insanity." - Wayne W. Dyer-
" He who goes to bed angry has the devil for a bedfellow." -old Latin-
" Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it's stored than to anything on which it's poured."
" Anger is bad counselor" -French proverb-
" He who restrains anger overcomes his greatest enemy." -Latin proverb-
" If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: " I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day." When you reach thirty days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving." -Epictetus-
" To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves." -Pope-
" He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." -Proverbs 16:32, King James version
" Anger, like fire, dies out after leaving a path of destruction." -FA Clark-
" Remember that anger is only one letter away from danger." -Anonymous-
" He who angers you conquers you." -Elizabeth Kenny-
" Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." - Benjamin Franklin-
" He who goes to bed angry has the devil for a bedfellow." -old Latin-
" Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it's stored than to anything on which it's poured."
" Anger is bad counselor" -French proverb-
" He who restrains anger overcomes his greatest enemy." -Latin proverb-
" If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: " I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day." When you reach thirty days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving." -Epictetus-
" To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves." -Pope-
" He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." -Proverbs 16:32, King James version
" Anger, like fire, dies out after leaving a path of destruction." -FA Clark-
" Remember that anger is only one letter away from danger." -Anonymous-
" He who angers you conquers you." -Elizabeth Kenny-
" Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." - Benjamin Franklin-
"Ambition"
" If you can't get what you want, want what you can get." - Lebanese proverb-
"Nothing is wrong in seeking great things. But it is wrong to seek great things for yourself." - J. Oswald Sanders-
" If Ambition doesn't hurt you, you don't have it. "-K. Norris
" There is a loftier ambition than to merely stand high in the world. It is stoop down and lift mankind a little higher." - henry Van Dyke-
" Ambition has one heel nailed in hell, though she stretches her fingers to touch the heavens." - Lilly-
"Nothing is wrong in seeking great things. But it is wrong to seek great things for yourself." - J. Oswald Sanders-
" If Ambition doesn't hurt you, you don't have it. "-K. Norris
" There is a loftier ambition than to merely stand high in the world. It is stoop down and lift mankind a little higher." - henry Van Dyke-
" Ambition has one heel nailed in hell, though she stretches her fingers to touch the heavens." - Lilly-
"Age"
" Middle age is when you wish you could have some of the naps you refused to take as a kid. -Anonymous-
"Count your age with friends but not with years. - Anonymous-
"Age is like love; it can't be hid. - Thomas Dekker-
"Count your age with friends but not with years. - Anonymous-
"Age is like love; it can't be hid. - Thomas Dekker-
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