NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 26

Cosmically moral and divinely spiritual character represents the creature's capital accumulation of personal decisions which have been illuminated by sincere worship, glorified by intelligent love, and consummated in brotherly service.

• When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor. — Saint Basil
• When there is so much good truth to publish and proclaim, why should men dwell so much upon the evil in the world just because it appears to be a fact? The beauties of the spiritual values of truth are more pleasurable and uplifting than is the phenomenon of evil.
• When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. — Henri Nouwen
• The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have. — Leonard Nimoy
• Today is…the tomorrow you thought bout yesterday.
• If you think nobody cares…try missing a couple of payments.
• We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community...Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. — Cesar Chavez
• In life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. - Anthony Robbins
• You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - Clive Staples Lewis
• What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. - Henry David Thoreau
• Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson
• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. - Mark Twain
• Never reject an idea, dream or goal because it will be hard work. Success rarely comes without it. - Bob Proctor
• The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. - Amelia Earhart
• No one has ever become poor by giving. —Anne Frank
• When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. — Maya Angelou
• Use your imagination to see what you say. - Sandra Gallagher
• Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. – Plato
• It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out – it’s the grain of sand in your shoe. – Robert Service