
"Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles."I believe that he is speaking of action, for acquired knowledge of wisdom only has meaningful value through action or deliberate inaction.
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I strive to be a man that lives with uncompromised integrity, respect and honor;
a person of unconditional love.
"Honestus" - Latin word meaning of honor, in good repute, of respect.
"Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles."I believe that he is speaking of action, for acquired knowledge of wisdom only has meaningful value through action or deliberate inaction.
“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.”There is a flaw in my thinking that baits me to believe that I know how someone else is thinking; for I do not understand how even I came about my thoughts. Yet, I continue to try. Why?
"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."I never got to know my Grandfather, my father's father. He passed away when I was just a child barely 3. I've heard about the man he was and he loved to hear the songs of Johnny Cash, telling it like it was, writing/singing from the heart. He was also a man that believed in another day, another chance to make things right. This entry is dedicated to him.
“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.”Psalm 27:3-5.
“The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion”Though he also made mark in saying,
“It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”To me these words live on...
“The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained”Amen, I say to that.
"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth."I ask myself whether I learn more from my errors, or unveiling the truth. In truth, there is light and I believe it is in the light that I also discover my errors.
The best thing you have to offer the world is yourself. You don't have to be anyone else. If you do, you are second best. To achieve success is to be first, and that's being yourself.I am and must continue to come to the realization that I am imperfect. Despite it, I must be myself. In as such, I put my trust in Him for strength to overcome my flaws, my insecurities and above all else, my fears.
There has never been a time on Earth like we see today. What we need are more ways to experience our interconnectedness - it is a precursor to deep love. So in this quickening light, with the dawn of each new day, let us look for love. Let us no longer struggle. Let us ever become who we most want to be. As we begin to be who we truly are, the world will be a better place.Isn't that all that God asks of me? To be true to Him and do His will.
I don't want an "A" for appearance - I want the real thing in my heart. I don't want to look right - I want to be right.In further thought, I can undestand the meaning Dr. McDonald may be trying to express, but it must be taken a step further from being 'right' to 'righteous in living'.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.There is nothing wrong with having strength. Perhaps there is nothing wrong with having fear. Maybe it is by having such fear, that we find the greatness of the strength given to us.
Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God sends them; and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly: for this day only is ours, we are dead to yesterday, and we are not yet born to the morrow.This passage reminds me to seize the moment and not squander it with worries, doubts or concerns. The day is given as a gift, just as yesterday was. Yesterday's wrappings are now old and the surprise inside unveiled. Why look towards tomorrow, when we've barely begun unwrapping today's. A 'thank you' should be said.
“In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.”Too often, I try to find the shortcut. There really isn't one. And if there was and I took it, what would I have learned? What would have been the point?
I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life.The last place I wanted to be was in the valley and to feel the heartache of the descent with blinded sight and an ignorant mind, alone.
You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.I believe that 'action of faith' is part of the climb. It is an exhilerating adventure that He has always desired His children to experience.