Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Daily food for our mind and heart

July 1
They are the true disciples of Christ, not who know most, but who love most. (Spanheim)

July 2
On This Day: Write a letter to someone who misses you. Encourage a youth who has lost faith. Keep a promise. Forget an old grudge. Examine your demands on others and vow to reduce them.

July 3
Speak kind words, and you will hear kind echoes.

July 4
Now may the warming love of friends surround you as you go down the path of light and laughter where the happy memories grow. (Marshall)

July 5
A child mis-educated is a child lost. (John F. Kennedy)

July 6
To be wise and love exceeds man's might. (Shakespeare)

July 7
I find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. (Helen Keller)

July 8
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good actions; try to use ordinary situations. (Richter)

July 9
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful; but it is mine if I do not give. (Seneca)

July 10
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. (James M. Barrie)

July 11
When one helps another, both are strong. (German Proverb)

July 12
Oh! this learning, what a thing it is. (Shakespeare)

July 13
Salute the day with peaceful thoughts, and peace will fill your heart; Begin the day with joyful soul, and joy will be your part. (Frank B. Whitney)

July 14
Have a heart that never harens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. (Charles Dickens)

July 15
Love never reasons but profusely gives; gives, like a thoughtless prodigal, its all, and trembles then lest it has done too little. (Hannah Moore)

July 16
On This Day: Fight for a principle. Express your gratitude. Overcome an old fear. Take two minutes to appreciate the beauty of nature. Tell someone you love them. Tell them again and agian.

July 17
I never knew a child of God being bankrupted by his benevolence. What we keep, we may lose; but what we give to Christ, we are sure to keep. (T.L. Cuyler)

July 18
Have in your mind a word of cheer for all who come your way, and they will bless you too, in turn, and wish you, "Happy day!" (Frank B. Whitney)

July 19
There is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning as is praise. (Roger Ascham)

July 20
Education makes us what we are. (C. A. Helvetius)

July 21
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls. (Thames)

July 22
A man's reputation is what his friends say about him. His character is what his enemies say about him.

July 23
The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return. (Maria Edgeworth)

July 24
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light...He who works for sweetness and light united, works to make reason and the will of God prevail. (Matthew Arnold)

July 25
Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts and no one to thank. (Christina Rossetti)

July 26
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (Psalm 90:12 KJV)

July 27
No one is a failure in this world who lightens a burden for someone else.

July 28
Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. (John Watson)

July 29
Those that do teach young babes do it with gentle means and easy tasks. (Shakespeare)

July 30
On This Day: Mend a quarrel. Search out a forgotten friend. Dismiss a suspicion and replace it with trust.

July 31The ones whom you should try to get even with are the ones who have helped you.

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