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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

The Stronger Base

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A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decis...
Monday, June 29, 2015

The Highest Ethic

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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still sa...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

The Difference

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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. - Pete Seeger
Saturday, June 27, 2015

Teachers

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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur War...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Followers

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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. - Chri...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Moving Forward

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No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to f...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Mistakes

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If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for you...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we cal...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

The Greatest Masterpiece

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To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct....
Monday, June 22, 2015

Character

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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the alters of conformity and popularity. - William Arthur Ward
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Security

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The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change,...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Success

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Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. - Danny Thomas
Friday, June 19, 2015

Fullness of Life

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Everything that is full of life loves change, for the characteristic of life is movement toward a new goal, and urges toward new pleasures. ...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Life Stages

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You know your children have grown up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they are going. - Jim McQ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Responsibility

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One of the annoying things about believing in free choice and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Environment

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We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if th...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Possibilities

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Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Happiness

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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. - Benjamin Disraeli
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Success

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You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to rea...
Friday, June 12, 2015

A Daily Gift

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One ought every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonab...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Freedom

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Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing. - William Arthur...
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Husband and Father, teacher and student of life, love, philosophy, spirituality. Seeking to be an authentic follower of Jesus in a hectic world, in community with others.
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