Category: The Philosopher’s Corner
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Inspiration: The Simple Absurdities of Life
Inspiration Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Oscar Wilde Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius The Philosopher’s Corner Ah… The simple absurdities of life. Got Life? When we do, we dwell on those things that are absent… When we don’t we dwell on…
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Inspiration: Laughter… It Brings Warmth to Life
Inspiration A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. Bennett Cerf The Philosopher’s Corner Today I ran into this slight bit of Christian Humor. I thought I would share with you. Even though it is of the…
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Inspiration: A Resolve for Success
Daily Inspiration Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln The Philosopher’s Corner Our nation, and the world at large is built upon the backs of Giants. There is an inner solace, a quiet resolve present in the mind of any person that had the…
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Inspiration: Success Is…
Inspiration Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. Lyndon B. Johnson Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. W. Clement Stone The Philosopher’s Corner F – ollow O – ne C – ourse U – still S – uccessful My favorite acronym. This…
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Inspiration: Success… An Attitude of Persistence
Inspiration Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it. Anonymous Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. Jim Rohn The Philosopher’s Corner Hello Everyone. Wow, quite a scare last night. Finished my work day and began running a 101 (38.2) degree fever. Yikes, not the…
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Inspiration: Parenthood… Building a Strong Future Together
Daily Inspiration It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future… Franklin D. Roosevelt The Philosopher’s Corner There is a philosophy present in the art of parenting children. We dream life forward,…
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Inspiration: Faith… A Direction of Simplicity
Daily Inspiration God always takes the simplest way. Albert Einstein Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa The Philosopher’s Corner Dr. Wayne Dyer once said that the Sun never asks the earth for homage for its life giving force. We should be grateful that it does…
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Inspiration: The Private Door of Faith
Daily Inspiration Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson God enters by a private door into every individual. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Philosopher’s Corner I am not a skeptic in the true power that the simple act of listening can do for the giver and the receive…
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Inspiration: Faith… We Will Weather the Storm
Daily Inspiration If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. Mahatma Gandhi A man of courage is also full of faith. Marcus Tullius Cicero The Philosopher’s Corner At times like this, we need a little faith to…
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Inspiration: A Leap of Faith
Daily Inspiration Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faith can move Mountains Matthew 17:20 The Philosopher’s Corner At times we enter into dark places. But there exists a light, somewhere in the distance. That light is a beacon of hope, a small…
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Inspiration: The Courage to Lose Sight of What Was
Daily Inspiration You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. William Faulkner It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. E.E. Cummings The Philosopher’s Corner As a philosopher writes, so must he be attuned to the paradoxical pulls that move his or her…
