It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.

It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.

Often we live side by side but do not communicate heart to heart.

Find someone who is having a hard time or is ill or lonely, and do something for him or her.

At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision, and impair our lives. The enemy's voice whispers in our ears, 'You can't do it.' 'You're too young.' 'You're too old.' 'You're nobody.' This is when we remember that we are created in the image of God. Reflection on this truth provides a profound sense of strength and power.

Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated, shredded, and boiled down, it is mind-easing and mind-inspiring to sit down privately with a congenial book.

Cooperativeness is not so much learning how to get along with others as taking the kinks out of ourselves, so that others can get along with us.