Words for the Soul...page 5..and counting!
"If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people."
"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."
"When the world says, 'Give up,' hope whispers, 'Try it one more time.'"
"he world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough
popularity; we need more purity."
A FEW QUOTES ON WORRYING:
"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." (Plato)
"Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give
possesses you." (Andre Gide)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that
something else is more important than fear." (Ambrose Redmoon)
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." (Oscar Wilde)
"All beginnings require that you unlock a new door." (Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav)
"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door." (Dr. Laura Schlessinger)
"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed. The fact is that most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old time journey...delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas, and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride." (Gordon B. Hinckley)
"Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf." (Native American proverb)
"If it weren't for the rocks in the bed, the stream would have no song." (carl Perkins)
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." (Carl Jung)
"Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength." (Eric Hoffer)
"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it." (Lou Holtz)
"If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price." (Anonymous)
"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices." (Professor Albus Dumbledore to Harry in " Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets")
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." (Samuel Johnson)
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." (Will Rogers)
"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." (Thomas Paine)
"Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem." (Stephen R. Covey)
"You did then what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better." (Maya Angelou)
"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit and man is his own gardener." (James Allen)
Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there. (Unknown)
"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing
it." (Unknown)
"Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation." (Napoleon Hill)
"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." (William James)
"I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime." (Elizabeth Kubler Ross)
"The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others,and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does." (Confucious)
"Character may be manifested in the great moments of choice, but it is made in the small ones." (Unknown)
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to him, his own." (Benjamin Disraeli)
"God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them." (Unknown)
"Trying to build self-esteem on the comments and acceptance of others is like
trying to build a house on quicksand." (Brad Wilcox)
"Don't go through life, grow through life." (Unknown)
"Humility is the beginning virtue of all spiritual growth." (Unknown)
"Never ruin an apology with an excuse." (Unknown)
"We have the power to choose and to exercise that power without giving control of it to situations. We cannot change anything but our own perspective and response, yet in that changing we change the world around us by becoming an instrument of insight and awareness." (Gail Pursell Elliott, "The Dignity and Respect Lady")
(Asian Proverb)
(Eric Hoffer)
(Unknown)
(Margaret D. Nadauld, YW General President, November 2000 Ensign, p. 15)
Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. (Swedish proverb)
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Was it worth it? (Unknown)
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. (Charles Schultz)
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. (Corrie ten Boom)
Love looks forward, hate looks backward and anxiety has eyes all over its head. (Unknown)
What worries you masters you. (Haddon W. Robinson)
Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest
on money you may never borrow. (Unknown)