That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.
Wisdom For Everyday
Somethings Are Just Worth Saying
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
It takes longer to seek out a short cut than it does to take an already known route.
Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and… stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to walk about into a hitherto unknown world.
The way you get the Extreme’s attention, is to be extremely passionate about whatever it is you are passionate about. I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me. It’s what accepting God’s grace has done to me.
Your weakness is your strength and your strength is your weakness. You know, a kid grows up in a family with a lot of cash, and suddenly that becomes his curse as well as his blessing. Another kid, maybe across the boarder in Tijuana, has nothing and he has everything. [Some of those kids] have a hope and a joy that a spoiled rich kid north of the boarder can’t possess, you know? That analogy plays out in other ways – a girl who’s incredibly good-looking will be cursed with that all her life unless she learns there’s more to her life.
When I look at culture, I see we have so many gifts given to us that allow us to be lazy. I’ve heard it said that makes ease its goals has already begun its demise – I can’t think of any nation where this would be more relevent than my own. The United States has become the culture of comfort – growth, strength, and beauty are not things that come from comfort. They are refined qualities that are brought to the surface often by pain or trial.
If you don’t want to be disappointed, don’t expect anything.
Nobody is ever really ready to deal with the loss of someone that has had such a great impact on them growing up, and because of that impact they are always remembered.
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
Personal mastery goes beyond competence and skill… I means approaching one’s life as a creative work, living life from a creative as opposed to a reactive viewpoint.
If you don’t get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently.
One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love.
You’ve got so much up ahead
You’ll make new friends
You should see your kids and wife
And I’d end up saying have no fear
These are nowhere near the best years of your life
So, I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain. I found that to be true in my life. You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that’s part of it: knowing that you’re not shut out forever, and that there’s a goal you still can reach.
“America’s fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.”
- Allen Boyd
