Facebook is a wonderful resource of encouragement and support. My friendship network is an incredible group of people. Periodically, I’m going to add those quotes that are especially helpful to me. I will add them at the beginning, so you don’t have to go through the ones you’ve already seen.
Seeking God’s perfect will: “God’s will is determined by His wisdom which always perceives, and His goodness which always embraces, the intrinsically good.” -C.S.Lewi’s from Marian McFadden
Yeah for no nonsense discipline: “I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine o’clock every morning.”— Peter DeVries from Maria Keckler
Recent quotes from Patsy Clairmont:
“Pride is the mask of one’s own faults.” ~Jewish Proverb
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” ~Mark Twain
“Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.” ~Anon
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not & often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” – Henry W. Longfellow
“Every noble work is at first impossible.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
“The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.” ~ L. Buscaglia
“The tragedy in life is not the fact of death, it is what dies inside us while we live.” – Norman Cousins
Recent quotes from W. Terry Whalin:
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.” – Demosthenes Choose To Be Unstoppable
What are you doing to embrace this?: “I believe life is to be lived, not worked, enjoyed, not agonized, loved, not hated.” – Leland Bartlett
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. “ -William James
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson from Patsy Clairmont
”Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He’s going to be up all night anyway.” – Mary C. Crowl from Lisa Copen
“The idea is in thyself. The impediment, too, is in thyself.” – Thomas Carlyle: Choose To Be Unstoppable from W. Terry Whalin
“Never fear growing old; there are many who have never had the privilege” ~Anon. from Patsy Clairmont
“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” ~Frank H. Clark, from Patsy Clairmont (Patsy, how do you come up with all of these?)
“Intentional people accept what they can’t change about their season/circumstances, making brave, deliberate decisions about what they can change.”
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Anthony Robbins from W. Terry Whalin
“I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.” – Mary Gardiner Brainard from Lisa Copen
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill from W. Terry Whalin
“One of the best escapes from the prison of procrastination is to take even the smallest steps toward your goals.” – Waitley
“A goal without a plan is a wish.”
Why do I have so many quotes about goals?
“The Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn’t count; building arks does.” – Warren Buffett from Jayne Savoie Post
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill from Patsy Clairmont
“A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it’s an undo-it-yourself project.” – Abigail Van Buren from Jayne Post
“Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.” – R. Schickel from Patsy Clairmont
“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration and expectation.” – Jack Niklaus from W. Terry Whalin
“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.” – Phillips Brooks from Jayne Savoie Post
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” ~ William Wordsworth from Patsy Clairmont
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” – Winston Churchill from Joanne Kereluk Curry
