No one is a slave whose will is free.
- Tyrius Maximus
Suffering
He who took humanity upon Himself knows how to sympathize with the sufferings of humanity. Not only does Christ know every soul, and the peculiar needs and trials of that soul, but He knows all the circumstances that chafe and perplex the spirit.
- Ellen G. White
- Ellen G. White
Happiness
The strength and happiness of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that direction, too.
- Thomas Moore
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
- George Bernard Shaw
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
-Agnes Repplier
We all live with the objective of being happy;
our lives are all different and yet the same.
-Anne Frank
- Thomas Moore
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
- George Bernard Shaw
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
-Agnes Repplier
We all live with the objective of being happy;
our lives are all different and yet the same.
-Anne Frank
Discipline
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
- Roy L. Smith
The seeds of moral discipline must be nurtured from within.. not from without.
- Jose P. Laurel
- Roy L. Smith
The seeds of moral discipline must be nurtured from within.. not from without.
- Jose P. Laurel
Change
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
- Woodrow Wilson
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that has.
- Margaret Mead
Things do not change; we change.
- Henry David Thoreau
If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less.
- Former US Army chief of staff, General Eric Shineski
Big changes in our lives are more or less a second chance.
- Harrison Ford
It is often constancy to change the mind.
- Hoole
A change will do you good.
- Sheryl Crow
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything ... or nothing.
- Lady Astor, the first woman MP in the British House of Commons
Change... you can change.
- Tears for Fears
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy
- Woodrow Wilson
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that has.
- Margaret Mead
Things do not change; we change.
- Henry David Thoreau
If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less.
- Former US Army chief of staff, General Eric Shineski
Big changes in our lives are more or less a second chance.
- Harrison Ford
It is often constancy to change the mind.
- Hoole
A change will do you good.
- Sheryl Crow
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything ... or nothing.
- Lady Astor, the first woman MP in the British House of Commons
Change... you can change.
- Tears for Fears
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy
Future
People overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.
- Bill Gates
- Bill Gates
Subordination/ Submission
The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.
- Herbert V. Prochow
- Herbert V. Prochow
Belief/ Believing
It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.
- Mahatma Gandhi, when approached by an atheist to organize and promote an anti-God society
- Mahatma Gandhi, when approached by an atheist to organize and promote an anti-God society
Discouragement
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great feel that you, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Problems
We can be greater than the sum of all the problems that confront us.
- President Fidel V. Ramos, in his inaugural address
- President Fidel V. Ramos, in his inaugural address
Kindness
There is nothing so nice as doing good and by stealth an being found out by accident.
- Charles Lamb
The good we do is never lost. Some of it remains, if not in material goods, then in deeper experience, a more practiced hand, and a spirit made stronger by that which failed to break it -- stronger to meet greater challenges ahead.
- Corazon C. Aquino, former Philippine President
The service we render others is really the rent we pay for our room on the earth.
-Sir Wilfred Grenfell
- Charles Lamb
The good we do is never lost. Some of it remains, if not in material goods, then in deeper experience, a more practiced hand, and a spirit made stronger by that which failed to break it -- stronger to meet greater challenges ahead.
- Corazon C. Aquino, former Philippine President
The service we render others is really the rent we pay for our room on the earth.
-Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Courage
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
- Conte Vittorio Alfieri
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
- Dryden
To see what is right and not do it is want of courage.
- Confucius
Courage in danger is half the battle.
- Plautus
One man with courage makes a majority.
- Andrew Jackson
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
- Sir Winston Churchill
I am not afraid…I was born to do this.
-Joan of Arc
- Conte Vittorio Alfieri
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
- Dryden
To see what is right and not do it is want of courage.
- Confucius
Courage in danger is half the battle.
- Plautus
One man with courage makes a majority.
- Andrew Jackson
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
- Sir Winston Churchill
I am not afraid…I was born to do this.
-Joan of Arc
Death / Dying
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
- Norman Cousins
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any creature, shall separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
- Saint Paul in the 8th chapter of his book to the Romans
- Norman Cousins
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any creature, shall separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
- Saint Paul in the 8th chapter of his book to the Romans
Criticism
Never answer a critic, unless he is right.
- Bernard M. Baruch
It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
- Vauvenargues
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
- Will and Ariel Durant
- Bernard M. Baruch
It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
- Vauvenargues
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
- Will and Ariel Durant
Education
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Mark Twain
Genius is nothing but continued attention.
- Young
- Mark Twain
Genius is nothing but continued attention.
- Young
Sorrow/ worrying
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.
- Guideposts Magazine
The worst delude are the self-deluded.
- Bovee
- Guideposts Magazine
The worst delude are the self-deluded.
- Bovee
Health
Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.
- Henry David Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau
Disabilities
The biggest problem facing the blind is the lack of vision of their sighted friends.
- Helen Keller
The disabled are, indeed, to be pitied not because of what they are but because of how they are treated.
- Art Borjal, Congressional Representative for the Disabled
- Helen Keller
The disabled are, indeed, to be pitied not because of what they are but because of how they are treated.
- Art Borjal, Congressional Representative for the Disabled
Sports / Motivational
I started out with weak lungs, slower than the girls. I see myself as someone who's worked hard for what I have.
--Swimmer Eric Buhain, 1991 Athlete of the Year
--Swimmer Eric Buhain, 1991 Athlete of the Year
Family/ Parenting
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
- Robert Orben
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
- Theodore Hesburgh
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
- Pope
If you must hold yourself up to your children, hold yourself up as an object lesson and not as an example.
-George Bernard Shaw
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.
- W.G.T. Shedd
No matter what you've done for yourself or humanity, if you can't look back on having given the love and attention to your family, what have you accomplished?
- Lee Iacocca
- Robert Orben
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
- Theodore Hesburgh
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
- Pope
If you must hold yourself up to your children, hold yourself up as an object lesson and not as an example.
-George Bernard Shaw
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.
- W.G.T. Shedd
No matter what you've done for yourself or humanity, if you can't look back on having given the love and attention to your family, what have you accomplished?
- Lee Iacocca
Political
Elections are a must in a democracy. They must not be just a change in men.
- Alejandro R. Roces
To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
- Johann W. Von Goethe
The happiness of society is the end of government.
- John Adams - former US President
- Alejandro R. Roces
To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
- Johann W. Von Goethe
The happiness of society is the end of government.
- John Adams - former US President
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