Personal Recognition

Seek no personal recognition for what you were used by God to accomplish.

Sure

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar. John Henry Newman

Knowing

It’s not what we know that will make a difference.  It’s what we do with what we know.

Fear

The presence of fear is a sure sign that you are trusting in your own strength.

Happiness

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. James Openheim

Peace

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas a Kempis

Choices

Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, one is responsible for their choice and must accept the consequences. 

Miracles

There are so many great treasures and miracles within you, so many magical possibilities hidden inside you. Through discipline, you can make them manifest for you, and in this way, you can make the earth a greater paradise. Swami Chidvilasananda

Logic

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. Rabindranath Tagore

Thoughts

Don't chase after thoughts, and don't push them away. Just let them come in and go out like a swinging door. Jakuso Kwong

Amazement

Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement. Jack Kornfield

Wealth

One of the main reasons wealth makes people unhappy is that it gives them too much control over what they experience. They try to translate their own fantasies into reality instead of tasting what reality itself has to offer.

Life

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour. Stephen Leacock

You Are It

Look at the battle you are involved in; you are caught in it: you are it. Krishnamurti

Maps

Each person's map of the world is as unique as their thumbprint. There are no two people alike...no two people who understand the same sentence the same way...So in dealing with people try not to fit them to your concept of what they should be. Milton Erickson

Strive

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities. W.E.B. Du Bois

Gratitude

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie

Nothing?

To die is to say that from something you become nothing. Looking deep into the heart of reality, we don't see anything like that at all. Thich Nhat Hanh

Truth

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. Elvis Presley

My Best

I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living that one needs. Lin-yutang

Success

Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

Disaster?

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.