NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 57

• A genuine act of kindness makes you become what a person really can be. 

• Kindness changes us as human beings. - Catherine Ryan Hyde
• • Is the love of truth and the willingness to go wherever it leads, desirable? Then must man grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible.
• • As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — John F. Kennedy
• • Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. — William Arthur Ward
• • I will every day thank God for his unspeakable gifts; I will praise him for his wonderful works to the children of men.
• • Mortal mind can actually be twisted, distorted, and rendered evil and ugly by the sinful machinations of a perverse and self-seeking human will. Likewise can this mind be made noble, beautiful, true, and good - actually great - in accordance with the spirit-illuminated will of a God-knowing human being.
• • Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
• • 'The good man seeks not to retain truth for himself but rather attempts to bestow these riches upon his fellows, for that is the realization of truth.'  - Lao-tse
• • Expectant faith will ever keep the hope-door of man's soul open for the entrance of the eternal spiritual realities of the divine values of the worlds beyond.
• • Peace, like charity, begins at home. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
• • "In virtually every area of your life, the more you give away, the more you get back" —Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
• • The beauty of divine love, once fully admitted to the human heart, forever destroys the charm of sin and the power of evil.
• • Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. — Shel Silverstein
• • “Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time.” - Eckhart Tolle
• • May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires. Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire. — D. Simone
• • Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering 'it will be happier'... 0 —Alfred Lord Tennyson
• • “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson