Words of Wisdom

These are quotes I received through text messages, saved over the years. I need to clear my cell phone memory and it is such a waste to just delete them so I am transferring them here! Most of the quotes are anonymous.

O Lord, I leave the past to your mercy,
my present to your love,
and my future to your providence.
Amen
- Father Pio

When the student is ready, the teacher shall appear.

A successful person is one
... who accumulates wealth or honors for himself.
A significant person is one
... who without wealth or honors
... affects positively the people around him.
Indeed a person is worth not on what he,
or not even for who he is,
but for what others have become because of him!

Many people want to change the world;
Only a few people want to change themselves.
Few people realize that change must begin first within.
- Leo Tolstoy

Each second you can be reborn.
Each second there can be a new beginning.
It is a choice.
It is YOUR CHOICE!

If you have to change your life,
the first person you have to stand up to is ... YOURSELF!
- Dr. Phil McGraw

Repeat lessons until learned.
You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.
You teach people how to treat you.
Commit to change.
Pray for guidance and strength.
Love unconditionally.
- Life's Strategies by Dr. Phil McGraw

I can alter my life by altering my attitude.
He who would have nothing to do with thorns
must never attempt to gather flowers.

The hardest truth of all is ...
"In the end only one person can
drag you down or lift you up,
and that person is YOU!"

Life is really not fair.
Life's trials should not make us a BITTER person but a BETTER one!

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves;
What matters most is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing course.

No one can go back and make a brand new start.
But anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending!

Action without planning is the reason for every failure.
But don't let the thought of failure freeze you to inaction.

The value of waiting ...
Is a value of a lifetime
If we know how to wait
Life shall be easy 'coz ...
GOD knows what to give us
In the right Time.

BE HONEST ...
even if others are not ...
even if others will not ...
even if others cannot.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
- Nelson Mandela

To whom much is given, much is required.

There is no destination beyond the reach of one who talks with GOD.

When going through life
and traveling in the direction of your dreams,
the best way to get ahead is the simplest way,
one step at a time.
- A. Rogers

Our world has become a very dangerous place to live in,
not because of some people who are evil,
but because of many people who do not do anything about it.
- Albert Einstein

B4 Praying, Forgive.
B4 Speaking, Listen.
B4 Spending, Earn.
B4 Criticizing, Wait.
B4 Quitting, Try.
B4 Complaining, Appreciate.
That's the way to live Life!

Strange how people can be so preoccupied ...
with a life we cannot hold onto ...
and neglect an eternity we cannot run away from.

Is money the root of all evil?
No. Greed is.
Elvis nailed this one when he said,
"Sharing Money is what gives it value."

Buddha said, " My teachings are a raft meant to help you cross the river.
Once you get to the other shore set them down and go own with your life."

Our natural state is to be peaceful and happy until we disturb it.

The best six doctors anywhere,
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air,
And exercise and diet.

To keep the body in good health is a duty ...
otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
- Buddha

Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick our self up!

There are two ways to be fooled.
one is to believe what is not so.
The other is to refuse to believe what is so.
- Soren Kiergaard

No one is old until the interest in life is gone out of him;
until his spirit become aged, until his heart becomes cold and unresponsive.
As long as he touches life he cannot grow old in spirit.
A man is old no matter what his years when he is out of touch with youth,
with his ideals, its point of view; out of touch with the spirit of his time,
when he ceases to be progressive and up-to-date.
- Orson Marden

Hope is the companion of power and mother success,
for those of us who hope strongest have within us the gift of miracles.
- Sydney Bremer

The great man doesn't think beforehand of his word
that they maybe sincere, nor of his actions that they maybe resolute,
He simply speaks and does what is right.

People should know what you stand for.
They should also know what you wont stand for.

Many people cannot be happy
'coz they're only thinking of their destination.
We also have to enjoy the journey!

Success is getting what you want;
Happiness is wanting what you get.

It's amazing to realize that living in simplicity gives contentment;
we go as we came to this world with nothing.
Nothing is ours to keep.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is home.

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
Expectation of too much perfection will only make us miserable.

True healing comes when you can find joy,
and experience peace in your heart amidst the suffering.

Education makes a people easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
- Lord Chancellor Brougham

Cowards die a thousand times before their deaths, the brave die but once.
- Shakespeare

Knowledge without faith is like a prison.

Tell me and I'll forget ...
show me and I might remember ...
but involve me and I'll understand!

The hardest thing to remember as a parent is that you don't posses your children.
You have to let them be their own persons.

The best thing ...
to give your enemy is forgiveness;
to a friend your heart;
to your child, a good example;
to yourself, respect;
to all men, charity.

Let your actions convey your character and convictions without ever speaking a word.
Let your life exemplify your Faith, let it be filled with love.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith.
It is also the last article of my creed.
- Mahatma Gandhi

The wealth of the world is more than enough for man's needs.
But the wealth of GOD is never enough for man's greed.

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
- Andrew Gide