"For the man who uses well what he is given shall be given more,
and he shall have abundance." -- Matthew 25:29


"God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well."
-- Romans 12:6


"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?"
-- The Dhammapada


"If you would learn the secret of right relations, look only for the divine in people and things, and leave all the rest to God."
-- J. Allen Boone (Kinship with all Life)


"Come to the edge, he said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came.
He pushed them... and they flew." -- Guillaume Apollinaire


"Wherever life may take you, whatever goals you seek, remember that you're special and your talents are unique. Remember what is in your heart should always be your guide, and that each day you're thought about with much love and pride." -- Unknown


"He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him." -- Dutch Proverb


"You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents."
-- Henry Ward Beecher


"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill."
-- Jacob M. Braude


"It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes." -- Jules Renard


"What is left when honor is lost?" -- Publilius Syrus


"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." -- Samuel Johnson


"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, Missionary killed by Auca Indians



You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you: You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth are the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.

Bruce Mau


Our forgiving of others will not procure forgiveness for ourselves; but our not forgiving others proves that we
ourselves are not forgiven.
... John Owen (1616-1683)



Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. = Carl Jung (1875-1961, Swiss Psychiatrist)



Enthusiasm, like measles, mumps and the common cold, is highly contagious. = Emory Ward


Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. = Napoleon Hill


Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Norman Vincent Peale



By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

Jack Dempsey


Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.
Bhagavad Gita


Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington



Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Lee Iacocca



All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

M. Scott Peck


Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James


A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Larry Bird


Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and the use establish the life you experience.

Sonia Croquette


You will never find time for anything. you must make it.

Charles Buxton


Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller


You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

James Allen


When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.

Les Brown