One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in read more

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty
into an interesting opportunity.

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty
into an interesting opportunity.

You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- events for which there read more

You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.

I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And read more

I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, read more

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
determination.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices
about results you want to create. When read more

The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices
about results you want to create. When you make a choice, you mobilize
vast human energies and resources which otherwise go untapped. All too
often people fail to focus their choices upon results and therefore their
choices are ineffective. If you limit your choices only to what seems
possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want,
and all that is left is a compromise.

Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever
without eror, and nothing we achieve without some read more

Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever
without eror, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and
fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.