Thursday, 23 April 2015
Encouragement for the heart
~ THERE IS NO FAILURE EXCEPT IN NO LONGER TRYING.
~ OUR GREATEST GLORY IS NOT
IN NEVER FALLING,
BUT RISING EVERY TIME WE FALL.
~ SOW A THOUGHT, AND YOU REAP AN ACT.
SOW AN ACT, AND YOU REAP A HABIT.
SOW A HABIT, AND YOU REAP A CHARACTER.
SOW A CHARACTER, AND YOU REAP A DESTINY.
~ TRULY LONELY IS THE PERSON WHO CANNOT OPEN UP
HIS HEART TO OTHERS, AND WHO FINDS THAT OTHERS
DO NOT OPEN UP THEIR HEARTS TO HIM.
~ WHAT YOU THINK OF YOURSELF, IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
THAN WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU.
~ ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC THINGS ABOUT HUMAN NATURE IS
THAT ALL OF US TEND TO PUT OFF LIVING. WE ALL
DREAM OF SOME MAGICAL ROSE GARDEN OVER THE HORIZON -
INSTEAD OF ENJOYING THE ROSES THAT ARE BLOOMING
OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS TODAY.
~ I WILL NOT PERMIT ANY MAN TO NARROW AND DEGRADE MY
SOUL BY MAKING ME HATE HIM.
~ UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT LIFE IS INTERESTING -
AND FIND IT SO -
YOU HAVEN'T FOUND YOUR SOUL.
~ HUMAN BEINGS, BY CHANGING THE INNER ATTITUDES
OF THEIR MINDS, CAN CHANGE THE OUTER ASPECTS
OF THEIR LIVES.
~ I REALISED THE PROBLEM WAS ME, AND NOBODY COULD
CHANGE ME EXCEPT MYSELF.
~ WHEN PRIDE COMES,
THEN COMES DISGRACE;
BUT WITH HUMILITY COMES WISDOM.
~ IN ORDER TO FLY, WE MUST HAVE TWO WINGS.
SPREAD YOURS AND KEEP EXERCISING THEM.
~ FOR EACH OF US - NO MATTER WHAT OUR SITUATION - THERE IS HOPE.
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