“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,” (Philippians 1:9-10)
If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of
cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they
need without asking for permission; they're driven, talented, and
work through negatives by focusing on the positives.
-- Mike Zimmerman
Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far
higher than if you had aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
-- F. Hawes
Be who you are, say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-Dr. Seuss
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but
progress.
-- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher
Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or
architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
-- Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English Writer
“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” (Deuteronomy 6: 6-7)
Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.
-William Shakespear
Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you. ~Marsha Norman
Dreams are free therapy. Consult your inner Freud. ~Grey Livingston
"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, /When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, /Must give us pause." - William Shakespear
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.
Numbers 12:6
Beauty, truth, friendship, love, creation- these are the great values of life. We can't prove them, or explain them, yet they are the most stable things in our lives. - Jesse Herman Holmes
It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier - Thomas Robert Gaines
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values - Joshua L. Liebman
A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view. – Wilma Askinas
Beauty is not real. Beauty only exists in perception. – Unknown
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world - George Bernard Shaw
Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat. – Malcolm Forbes
Patience is passion tamed - Lyman Abbott
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young - A.W. Pinero
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 1:20
Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth. – Ruth Mckenney
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. – Mary Lou Cook
It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it. – Lady Bird Johnson (American First Lady)
Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish – Jean de la Fontaine
Take time to laugh – it is the music of the soul. – From an old English prayer.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
Acts 2:17
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. – Elbert Hubbard
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. – Erma Bombeck
Dream the dreams that have never been dreamt. – David Bower
Some men see things as they are and say why…I dream of the things that never were and say why not. – George Bernard Shaw
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is broken winged bird that cannot fly. – Langston Hughes
All that you see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. - Edgar Allan Poe
A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live. – Unknown
A Musician must make music
An Artist must paint
A Poet must write
If he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
What a man can be, he must be.
_Abraham Maslow (American Psychologist)
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. - Albert Einstein
It’s not about what happens. It’s about perspective. I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking. – Michelle Sedas
Don’t wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa
I [the Lord] love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. – Proverbs 8:17