We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. 669
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. 661
Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top. 714
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. 1.31K
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. 632
Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. 3.5K
We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about. 881
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching. 2.51K
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise. 2.1K
Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. 2.28K
Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control. 2.62K
