Say Something Good
Pick out the folks you like the least and watch ’em for a while; They never waste a kindly word, they never waste a smile; They criticize their fellow men at every chance they get,They never found a human just to suit their fancy yet. From them I guess you’d learn something if they […]
Prayer Quotes
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance; it is laying hold of His highest willingness. -Trench The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise. -A. Maclaren I know no blessing so small as to be reasonably expected without prayer, nor any so great but may […]
The IF Poem
“IF” By Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal […]
Storms Bring Out The Eagles
Storms Bring Out The Eagles But The Little Birds Take Cover When the “storms of life” gather darkly ahead,I think of these wonderful words I once readAnd I say to myself as “threatening clouds” hoverDon’t “fold up your wings” and “run for cover” But like the eagle “spread wide your wings”and “soar far above” the […]
How Do You Tackle Your Work?
How Do You Tackle Your Work? How do you tackle your work each day? Are you scared of the job you find? Do you grapple the task that comes your way With a confident, easy mind? Do you stand right up to the work ahead Or fearfully pause to view it? Do you start to […]
Worth While
It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth the praises of earth Is […]
Ten Commandments of How to Get Along with People
10 Commandments of How To Get Along With People 1. Keep skid chains on your tongue; always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, persuasive voice. How you say it often counts more than what you say. 2. Make promises sparingly, and keep them faithfully, no matter what it costs you. 3. Never let […]
THE QUITTER
Fate handed the quitter a bump, and he dropped;The road seemed too rough to go, so he stopped.He thought of his hurt, and there came to his mindThe easier path he was leaving behind.“Oh, it’s all much too hard,” said the quitter right then;“I’ll stop where I am and not try it again.”He sat by […]