Aspire To Something Higher Thought of the Day - Inspirational Quotations

Celebrate the Solid Satisfactions of Such a Life

shawn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:15:36 +0000

To find one’s work in the world and do it honorably, to keep one’s record clean so that nothing clandestine, furtive, surreptitious can ever leap out upon one from ambush and spoil one’s life, to be able, therefore, unafraid to look the world in the face, to live honorably also with one’s own soul because one keeps there no secret place like the bloody closet in Bluebeard’s palace where the dead things hang, to walk life’s journey unhaunted by the ghosts of people from whose ruin one has stolen pleasure, and so at last to be a gentleman, one, that is, who puts a little more into life than one takes out—gather up the significance of such character, forty years old, sixty years old, eighty years old—one may well celebrate the solid satisfactions of such a life.

-Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Two Temples

shawn — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:59:20 +0000

A builder builded a temple,
He wrought it with grace and skill;
Pillars and groins and arches
All fashioned to work his will.
Men said, as they saw its beauty,
“It shall never know decay;
Great is thy skill, O builder!
Thy fame shall endure for aye.”

A mother builded a temple
With loving and infinite care,
Planning each arch with patience,
Laying each stone with prayer.
None praised her unceasing efforts,
None knew of her wondrous plan,
For the temple the mother builded
Was unseen by the eyes of man.

Gone is the builder’s temple,
Crumpled into the dust;
Low lies each stately pillar,
Food for consuming rust.
But the temple the mother builded
Will last while the ages roll,
For that beautiful unseen temple
Was a child’s immortal soul.

-Hattie Vose Hall

Life’s Purpose You Will Win

shawn — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:11:57 +0000

It’s the steady, constant driving
To the goal for which you’re striving,
Not the speed with which you travel
That will make the victory sure.
It’s the everlasting gaining,
Without whimper or complaining
At the burdens you are bearing,
Or the woes you must endure.

It’s the holding to a purpose
And the never giving in;
It’s the cutting down the distance
By the little that you win.
It’s the iron will to do it
And the steady sticking to it
So, whate’er your task, go to it
And life’s purpose you will win.

Author Unknown

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Two Hope Quotes to Think About

shawn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:44:30 +0000

“To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and firm action, this, though not easy, is the work of divine men [and women].” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

and

“As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.” -Nathaniel Hawthorne

Inspiring Walk in the Park

shawn — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:16:11 +0000

I often like getting out of the house in order to make a memory.

Much of the time, we go for walks by lakes, in small towns, through parks, or in conservation areas.

Here’s some pictures of a park we found in a small town we love to visit near our house; the town is Port Perry, right on Lake Scugog.

The park has lots of stones with motivational sayings on them:

Well, there you have it. It’s nice to have something inspiring to read when you’re surrounded by nature.

Feel free to comment and/or pass this on to your friends.

Tomorrow Is A New Day

shawn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:30:02 +0000

“Finish each day and be done with it…You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enthusiasm = Opportunities

shawn — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:15:26 +0000

“Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.” -Norman Vincent Peale

Stability or Flashyness?

shawn — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:16:43 +0000

“Flash powder makes a more brilliant light than the arc lamp, but you can’t use it to light your street corner because it doesn’t last long enough. Stability is more essential to success than brilliancy.”

-Richard Lloyd Jones

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Excellence In All Things

shawn — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:54:59 +0000

Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.
-Michael Gelb and Tony Buzan

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Problems of the Day…Overcome Them

shawn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:47:27 +0000

“Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure.

Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it.

Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them.

Relieve me of all cynics and critics.

Give me good health and the strength to be of real serviceto the world, and I’ll get all that’s good for me, and will what’s left to those who want it.”

-William Feather

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