I have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.
I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.
For things to change, YOU have to change. For things to get better, YOU have to get better. For things to improve, YOU have to improve. When YOU grow, EVERYTHING in your life grows with you.
Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday.
Language designed to impress builds a gulf. Language to express builds a bridge.
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job, you can make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune. . . Income seldom exceeds personal development.
Death is the only thing keeping us in line.
Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind. God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
I am interested in most mythology. Celtic or Christian no more than anything else. I will admit to a pleasure and sense of hope in what I see as the basic teachings of Christ, stripped of the nonsense that has sometimes been accumulated about them and the embarrassing misunderstanding.
Life is meant for living. . I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?