Friday, December 18, 2009

Love

Love has the innate ability to look past the human and see the godly.

-Colette Burnham (submitted by L8DeBugg)

Signs of Faith on the Road

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.

-Yiddish proverb

How to Discover Your Passion?

Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.

-Buddha

Superior Person

A superior person brings out the best in others.

-Chinese Proverb

Self-esteem

I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face...I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Where to Go?

Often God has to shut a door in our face so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.

-Catherine Marshall

Learning to Accept God's Grace

I do not understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.

-Anne Lamott

Aim

Aim for the moon...even if you miss you'll land amoungst the stars.

-Unknown

Detour

The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

-Anonymous

Inspire Courage

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

-Alice Mackenzie Swaim

Walking Spots

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

-St. Francis of Assisi (submitted by teds314)

Spiritual Summer

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.

-James Dent

Bringing Fathers and Sons Together

Don't prepare the path for the child, prepare the child for the path.

-anonymous, submitted by Kathy Roberts

About Fathers

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

-Thomas Carlyle

Kindness

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

-Frederick W. Faber

Laugh

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

-William Makepeace Thackeray

Where There's Life

Don't worry that children never listen to you. Worry that they are always watching you.

-Robert Fulghum

Work it Out

Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end.

-Unknown

To Be There For My Kids

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

-Hodding Carter

Be a Hero

Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.

-Doug Horton

Life Lessons From Superheroes

Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer.

-Norwegian proverb

Kids

All kids are gifted; some just open their packages earlier than others.

-Michael Carr

Make Your Day a Good One

Old age, to the unlearned, is winter; to the learned, it’s harvest time.

-Yiddish saying

Getting to Know Yourself

Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.

-Seneca

Finding The Silver Lining

Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.

-Maurice Setter

Strength

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we are going to show.

-Mignon McLaughlin

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

First Post!

Welcome to my blog! In this blog, I will post inspirational quotes I gathered all these times. I hope you can enjoy reading them.






Regards,




Steff