In practicing the art of parenthood, an ounce of example is worth a ton of preachment.
Wilferd PetersonLeonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest creative thinkers of all time, strongly recommended the habit of meditation in the dark. He wrote: "For I have found in my own experience that it is of no small benefit, when you lie in bed in the dark, to recall in imagination, one after another, the outlines of the form you have been studying." He often awoke to find his problems solved. Da Vinci would often stand silent and motionless before a painting for hours, without using his brush, as though waiting for spiritual guidance.
Wilferd PetersonHappiness does not depend upon a full pocketbook, but upon a mind full of rich thoughts and a heart full of rich emotions.
Wilferd PetersonChampion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life, and follow your own star.
Wilferd PetersonThe Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm. . . . Success is having the courage to meet failure without being defeated. It is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long-range goal. . . . Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.
Wilferd Peterson