On Doubt
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.
— Arthur Golden
An Interesting Insight
People who have too much to do are people who refuse to make tough choices.
This Explains SO Much About Today’s Society
A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
—Sir Francis Bacon
Something to Ponder
For a person with no forgiveness in his heart, living is a worse punishment than death.
—Miyagi San, The Karate Kid II
A New Loan Won’t Solve Your Woes …
If the problem you’re having was caused by debt, you can’t fix it by borrowing money.
—Alan B. Rowley II
Which One Wins?
This is an old story, but I love it.
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, “My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:
“Which wolf wins?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
The Strongest Weapon
No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
—Ronald Reagan
Which Person Are You?
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
—Henry C. Link
About Love
If I can speak all the languages on earth and in heaven, but I have no love, I am just a noisy brass instrument, a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and can understand every mystery, and if I know all that there is to know; if I have so much faith that I can remove tremendous obstacles, but I have no love, I am nothing.
Even if I give everything I own to feed the poor, or sacrifice my own life in fire, if I have no love, there is no merit in what I have done.
… Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will fail; where there are many languages, they will cease; where there is knowledge, it will vanish …
But faith, hope, and love will endure forever, and the greatest of the three is love.
—adapted from The Holy Bible: 1 Corinthians 13, verses 1-3, 8, 13
Achieving Utopia
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
— Bertrand Russell