Personal Development
‘Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Viktor Frankl
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Courage Is The Standing Army Of The Soul
Courage Is The Standing Army Of The Soul ~ Henry Van Dyke. Manhood, Faith and Courage. (1906) This is a sermon about courage – one of the simplest and most straightforward of the virtues; necessary, and therefore possible, for every true and noble human life. It is a quality that we admire by instinct. We… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Jerry Bridges
“Preach the gospel to yourself daily.” ~Jerry Bridges Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Washington Gladden
“The man who has become purely and simply a business man, whose sympathies, thoughts, aims, ambitions, aspirations are all absorbed in business, is a man who does not know how to live well in abundance. He has simply lost the secret of life.” ~Washington Gladden Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~St. Teresa of Avila
“From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!” ~St. Teresa of Avila Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Theodore Roosevelt
“We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.” ~Theodore Roosevelt Continue reading
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A Truly Great Man
A Truly Great Man ~Benjamin Franklin From “The Busy-Body, No. III,” 1728 It is said that the Persians in their ancient constitution, had public schools in which virtue was taught as a liberal art or science; and it is certainly of more consequence to a man that he has learnt to govern his passions; in… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Theodore Parker
“It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive buniness. I should not like to be merely a doctor, a great lawyer, a great minister, a great politician. I should like to be, also, something of… Continue reading
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The American Boy
The American Boy ~Theodore Roosevelt From The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, 1900 OF COURSE what we have a right to expect of the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man. Now, the chances are strong that he won’t be much of a man unless he is a… Continue reading
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