The Best Self Help Books
How do you choose the best self help books? That depends on what you want to accomplish. Are you looking for peace of mind, more money or less fear? Here are five self help books which I have read and can recommend, along with some tips on how to find more that are right for […]
Decision Quotes
As per a subscriber request, here’s a few good quotes about decisions. 1) Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. -Sophocles 2) The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you cannot accept regret. -Henri Frederic Amiel 3) When, against one’s will, one is high pressured into making […]
Excuses For Lack Of Achievement
Do we have good excuses for lack of achievement? History is replete with people with problems. Homer could have squatted at the gates of Athens, have been pitied and fed by coins from the rich. He, like Milton the poet and Prescott the historian, had a good alibi: he was blind, as were they. Demosthenes, […]
The Ways
“To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low: And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man […]
5 Great Success Quotes
Here’s a few success quotes that I thought you’d enjoy: 1) “There is a giant asleep within every man. When the giant awakes, miracles happen.” -Frederick Faust 2) “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected […]
Skating In A Paddock
Just thought I’d use the blog a little more often this year to mention random happenings in my life. The picture below is from my in-law’s farm up near Peterborough, Ontario. We went up there on the new Ontario holiday, “Family Day”. This is a bunch of us skating in a horse paddock. Ever thought […]
Twas A Sheep Not A Lamb That Strayed Away
‘Twas a sheep not a lamb that went astray In the parable Jesus told. ‘Twas a grown sheep that wandered away From the ninety and nine in the fold. And out on the hilltop, and out in the cold, ‘Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd sought. Back to the fold and back to the flock, […]
What I Want My Children To Remember About Home
-That their father and mother loved each other. -That our home was a happy one because we all worked to keep it so. -That each child was given every possible opportunity to develop his own personality. -That the books in the house were to be read if handled rightly, and there were no shelves under […]