Roots

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

The roots of all goodness lie
in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Storms make trees take deeper roots.
- Dolly Parton

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Further reading: Gratitude for All of Life

A Story of Money

Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind

Quotes about Roots

Quotes about Wings

Quotes about Goodness

Quotes about Trees

Quotes about Appreciation

Quotes about Children

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror
which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men are not prisoners of fate,
but only prisoners of their own minds.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the
science of human relationships -
the ability of all peoples,
of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

The school is the last expenditure upon which America
should be willing to economize.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Further reading: Coping with the Impossible

Is failure the key to success?
 
What is Your Dream

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

Quotes about Fear

Quotes about Courage

Quotes about Principles

Quotes about Education

The Real You

What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as
your own unguarded thoughts.
- The Buddha

We all go through life bristling
at our external limitations,
but the most difficult chains
to break are inside us.
- Bradley Whitford

You are not your mind. You, a Spiritual BEing,
are neither your mind nor your body.
Mind and body are your tools - to use as you choose.
Sometimes your body appears to have a will of its own,
as when it twitches or pains.
Likewise, your mind often appears to have its own will.
That incessant chattering of regret, disappointment, guilt,
shame, foreboding, worry, and fear
is your Rattlesnake Mind striking off on its own.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Be Yourself

How to Deal with Rejection

Feel Your Connection With the Infinite - a Meditation

Quotes about The Mind

Quotes about Life Lessons

Quotes about Spirit

Within Quotes

Quotes about Heart

Quotes about Positive Thoughts

Point of View

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

Love is saying "I feel differently,"
instead of "You're wrong."
- Anonymous

Your point of view sets you up well in advance
for how you view the events as they unfold.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

If there is any one secret of success,
it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view
and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.
- Henry Ford

Everyone believes that their beliefs are the right ones -
that is why they are called beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Perspective

What Do You See?

Blame

"Right" or Happy?

My thoughts on See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.


Point of View Quotes

Perspective Quotes

Empathy Quotes

Acceptance Quotes

Quotes about Beliefs

Caring

It is in giving that we receive.
- St. Francis of Assisi

You can give without loving,
but you can never love without giving.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.
- Henry Drummond

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
- Albert Schweitzer

You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden

It is my choice to care deeply about others. No kindness is too small to be important - the smile to the bank teller, the sincere "thank you" for all kindnesses received, the reassuring hand on the shoulder of a loved one or friend. There is compassion in selfless generosity, and there is also compassion in heartfelt empathy.

Further reading: Lighting the Way

Service

Kindness

Quotes about Caring

Quotes about Compassion

Quotes about Kindness

Quotes about Generosity

Quotes about Sharing

Quotes about Giving