Christian Living

Posted on February 25, 2012 by David Young

When we come to Christ, He doesn’t just patch us up. He renews us. He doesn’t just reform us. He transforms us by His power.
— Billy Graham

The Christian is not a man who is better than someone else, but one who is better than he would be if he were not a Christian.
— Anonymous

The biggest fallacy is in the people’s perception of Christianity and their belief that you can’t be a Christian and still be competitive.
— Dan Reeves

I feel I can never be as good as people think I am. But I try hard to be a Christian and do right.
— Byron Nelson

I was convinced that the basic tenets of Christianity provided a solid foundation upon which to build a life – as well as a football program.
— Tom Osborne

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The Power of Listening

Posted on February 24, 2012 by David Young

People will rarely remember your advice, but they will always remember that you listened.
— Cara Lawrence

Sometimes the greatest sermon is silence. A suffering person does not need a lecture – he needs a listener.
— Billy Graham

One of the best ways to build trust is by deep listening. It’s the most powerful dynamic of human interaction when people feel they’re being heard. Listening doesn’t mean agreeing, but it does mean having the empathic reach to understand another.
— Warren Bennis

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
— Henry David Thoreau

Bend from the lofty perch of your own disciplines and listen with regard to disciplines not your own. If you are an engineer, listen to the artist; if you are a physicist, listen to the philosopher; if you are a logician, listen to the religionist; and especially if you are in a position of power, listen, listen.
— Chaim Potok

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The Power of Commitment

Posted on February 23, 2012 by David Young

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
— Dale Carnegie

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
— Benjamin Disraeli

I have a great deal more respect for someone who keeps coming back after losing heartbreaker after heartbreaker than I do for the winner who has everything going for him.
— Wilt Chamberlain

It took me twelve years to become an overnight sensation.
— Toby Harrah

God has a way for us to do everything He places in our heart. He does not put dreams and visions in us to frustrate us. We must keep our confidence all the way through to the end, not just for a little bit and then when it looks like the mountain is too big, give up.
— Joyce Meyer

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Be a Good Friend

Posted on February 22, 2012 by David Young

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.
— Barbara Kingsolver

Make allowances for your friends’ imperfections as readily as you do for your own.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I always write the losers, because I know that when you win you hear from everybody, but when you lose, you hear from your friends.
— Richard Nixon

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
— Publilius Syrus

What makes theDead Seadead? It is all the time receiving, but never giving out anything. Why is it that so many friendships grow cold? Perhaps it is because they too are all the time receiving, never giving.
— D.L. Moody

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Loving Your Child

Posted on February 21, 2012 by David Young

She broke the bread into two fragments and gave them to the children, who ate with avidity.
“She hath kept none for herself,” grumbled the Sergeant.
“Because she is not hungry,” said a soldier.
“Because she is a mother,” said the Sergeant.
— Victor Hugo

I only wanted him to say he loved me.
— Russell Chatham

Love names are those little nicknames that make your heart melt. Using pet names like Snookums, Sweetie-Pie, Honey Bunch, Smoochie-Girl, Lovey or Pookey-Poo is like sharing a special, heartfelt secret. Love names tell your child that you enjoy her company – that she is extra special and this is the name you use for only her.
— Judy Ford

We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves. When we first bend over the cradle of our own child, God throws back the temple door, and reveals to us the sacredness and mystery of the father’s and mother’s love. And in later years, when they have gone from us, there is always a certain sorrow that we cannot tell them we have found it out.
— Henry Ward Beecher

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Handicaps

Posted on February 20, 2012 by David Young

I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
— Helen Keller

My mother never let me use my deafness as an excuse. We had a positive environment, where if you fail, just try again.
— Heather Whitestone

The truth is, I’m sort of lucky to have this body because it forced me to find my strength and beauty within.
— Aimee Mullins, amputee

When I was young, my mother taught me never to feel sorry for myself, because handicaps are really things to be used.
— Stevie Wonder

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world – making the most of one’s best.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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How to Set Goals

Posted on February 19, 2012 by David Young

Intermediate goals are what keep you going toward your final goals. As you achieve them, they give you a reward, a sense of self-accomplishment.
— Gary Player

Most people make one of two mistakes. Either we set our goals too low, or we try to accomplish them too quickly.
— Rick Warren

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don’t need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
— W. Clement Stone

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
— Ronald Osborn

When you set goals, put a time limit on them. Without it you are normally and naturally lazy and lethargic more often than you want to admit. It’s amazing how much you can accomplish in a short period of time if the pressure is on.
— Robert Schuller

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