Thought Of The Day Archive

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard

“Unfortunately, all is not beauty and peace. I don't believe I've ever met a person who hasn't been challenged or wounded by something. Difficulties present choices: we can either waste away from our wounds or use them to grow our souls. My husband, for example, is a survivor of the [...]

“The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself--but that force is not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.” Norman Cousins

“The tragedy is that so many people look for self-confidence and self-respect everywhere except within themselves, and so they fail in their search.” Nathaniel Branden

“Hope is like a road in the country; there never was a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” Lin Yutang

“There's no need to waste another day wondering if there’s more to life. There is. And it's yours for the finding.” Oprah Winfrey

“Work as if you were to live 100 years and pray as if you were to die tomorrow.” Benjamin Franklin

“Babies don’t need a holiday but I still see them at the beach. I'll go over to them and say, ‘What are you doing here, you’ve never worked a day in your life!’” Stephen Wright

“None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner waiting to change all the tenor of our lives.” Kathleen Norris

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” Doug Larson