Thursday, September 6, 2007

Daily food for our mind and heart

September 1
A person should have enough education so he doesn't have to look up to anyone. He should also have enough to be wise enough not to look down.

September 2
That we are alive today is proof positive that God has something for us to do today. (Lindsay)

September 3
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

September 4
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (Jesus)

September 5
Be very sensitive to your benefactors, no matter how small their gifts in your behalf. Don't let any knidness go unappreciated.

September 6
When a person is at his wits' end, it is not a cowardly thing to pray. It is the only way to get into touch with reality. (Oswald Chambers)

September 7
The best thing to do behind one's back is pat it.

September 8
A God who studies each commonplace soul. Out of commonplace things makes His beauty whole. (Susan Coolidge)

September 9
The world seldom notices who the teachers are, but civilization depends on what they do and what they say.

September 10
Well done is better than well said. (Ben Franklin)

September 11
Let the words I speak today be soft and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them!

September 12
Amazing isn't it, how some people see the basket half empty and others see it half full. Some see life hopeless, others hopeful. Even when things are less than perfect, if you can think of the good, the beautiful, the hopeful, you'll be more than sustained...you'll conquer.

September 13
A person can be all that goodness calls him to be and still never see the author of life. (Max Lucado).

September 14
Among the few things more expensive than an education these days is the lack of it.

September 15
A real leader faces the music even when he doesn't like the tune.

September 16
What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?

September 17
Education is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't go far enough. It merely teaches a man how to speak, not when or how long.

September 18
There is no better exercise for strengthening the heart than reaching down and lifting up another.

September 19
The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible. "In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths." (George Wahington Carver)

September 20
A good leader inspires men to have confidence in him; a great leader inspires them to have confidence in themselves.

September 21
As the blossom cannot tell what becomes of its fragrance, so no one can tell what becomes of his influence.

September 22
When someone does you wrong, don't do what comes naturally; do what comes supernaturally. Love hi.

September 23
You are a child. Accept the fact. Be humble and teachable. Lean upon the wisdom of others till you have gained your own. (Eliza Farnham)

September 24
It is easier to leave angry words unspoken than to mend a heart those words have broken.

September 25
...My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness....(2 Corinthians 12:9 RSV)

September 26
The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay.

September 27
The butterfly counts not months but moments and yet has time enough.

September 28
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

September 29
We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds them all different. No one has a double friendship.

September 30
It isn't the load that weighs us down - it's the way we carry it.

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