The attitude of faith is to let go,
and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
- Alan Watts
We seek opinions that are likely to
support what we want to be true.
- Thomas Gilovich
Man cannot discover new oceans
unless he has the courage
to lose sight of the shore.
- Lord Chesterfield
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
- Henry David Thoreau
Have Faith!
Listen to the Voice of God,
rather than to the people who say they know what God wants you to do.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Don't Struggle
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
This God Called Money
Faith Before Dawn
The answer to circumstances is choosing a positive response,
and the most positive choice is to be of service.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are no hopeless situations; there are only men
who have grown hopeless about them.
- Clare Boothe Luce
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men
who walked through the huts comforting others,
giving away their last piece of bread...
They offer sufficient proof that everything
can be taken from a man but one thing:
to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances,
to choose one's own way.
- Viktor E. Frankl
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless,
you are slamming the door in the face of God.
- Charles L. Allen
Labeling yourself a "victim" prevents you from healing.
Don't let yesterday's troubles destroy today and tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
When You Have Been Wronged
Self Pity
You are not a victim - article by Sheri Rosenthal
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist
Choose what lies in the shadows to be a matter
for discovery and adventure, rather than fear.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Refuse to be average.
Let your heart soar as high as it will.
- Aiden Wilson Tozer
Today's affirmation:
I release the familiar that I may better discover my inspiring future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Curious - Adventurous
Beyond Your Comfort Zone
Understand More, Fear Less
Impulse to Soar
The ultimate test of a man's conscience
may be his willingness to sacrifice something today
for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
- Gaylord Nelson
Let us be protectors of creation,
protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature,
protectors of one another, and of the environment.
- Pope Francis
The love of money is the root of all evil:
which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
But thou, O man of God, flee these things;
and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
- Timothy 6:10-11
Jesus preached more and taught more
about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry
than he did about heaven and hell.
Shouldn't that tell us something?
- John Grisham
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
- Matthew 25:40
Further reading:
The Least Of These
Our Children's Earth
Unity with Spirit and All Creation
Everything is God
It is not our circumstances
that create our discontent or contentment.
It is us.
- Vivian Greene
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
True humility is contentment.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress.
- Epictetus
We Create Our Own Joy or Our Own Sorrow.
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
True Riches
Rejoice
Living Content
A Life of Abundance
