Welcome to my Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote. See today's daily inspirational quotes below.
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Clean Hands and a Loving Heart
God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.
- Publilius Syrus
Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which
you must see the world.
- George Bernard Shaw
You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently than you do.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo
Today's affirmation:
I approach life with an Open Mind,
Clean Hands, and a Loving Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose the World You See
Art of Seeing
Simply Marvelous
Each Other's Eyes
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Fear, NO! Kindness, Science and Progress, YES!
Wise men put their trust in ideas
and not in circumstances
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I can't understand why people
are frightened by new ideas.
I'm frightened of old ones.
- John Cage
There are no constraints on the human mind,
no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our
progress except those we ourselves erect.
- Ronald Reagan
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas
as in escaping from old ones.
- John Maynard Keynes
The world moves, and ideas that were
once good are not always good.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Incite a riot of new ideas.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
An invasion of armies can be resisted,
but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo
Further reading: A Better Plan
Choice vs. Conformity
Flexibility
Progress
Monday, July 29, 2019
Action Conquers Fear
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
- Honore De Balzac
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak.
Strong convictions precede great actions.
- Louisa May Alcott
Live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation.
- Bertrand Russell
Action is our greatest weapon against fear.
Left to molder, fear grows upon itself,
but in the face of action,
fear is left in the dust.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences.
No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
- Thomas Huxley
Further reading: Action Beats Inaction
Feel Your Power
Be an Instrument of Change
Gain Self Confidence
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Support Those Who Need Support
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa
If you are healthy, support those who are sick.
If you have a job, support those who have lost theirs.
If you are strong, support those who are feeble of body or mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me:
I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
...
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:35-40
Further reading: Feed Just One
The Good Samaritan
Commitment To Service
Help Others
How Helping Others Helps You
Encourage Others
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Deliverance From Fear
The wise man in the storm prays God,
not for safety from danger,
but for deliverance from fear.
It is the storm within which endangers him,
not the storm without.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never yield to Panic (fear so strong it prevents logical thinking).
Focus, and let your actions be thoughtful.
The only hope I can see for the future depends on a
wiser and braver use of the reason,
not a panic flight from it.
- F. L. Lucas
Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic;
it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
- Vannevar Bush
Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination,
which the steadfast heart will conquer,
and the large mind will transcend.
- Helen Keller
Further reading: Take Charge of Your Life
Don't Panic
The Nightly News - an expression of fear
Labels:
action,
F. L. Lucas,
fear,
Helen Keller,
panic,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
response,
Vannevar Bush
Friday, July 26, 2019
Give Thanks, Today
Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor
I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings
Most people are more skilled at begging God than at thanking God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today's Affirmation:
I give thanks for the bounties of this world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Give Thanks and Celebrate
Give Thanks for the Commonplace
Thankful and Content
Gratitude for THIS Moment
Labels:
appreciation,
e. e. cummings,
Garrison Keillor,
gratitude,
loving life,
ordinary,
thank you,
thankful,
thanks
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Challenge Habit and Routine
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history
to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Life is defined more by its risks than by its samenesses.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
- Edith Wharton
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.
- Henri de Lubac
Repetition can be a choice, but often it isn't.
The athlete or pianist who practices the same routine
day after day, year after year, has their eye on a goal.
The unending repetition is a conscious choice
in the pursuit of a life dream.
But what about the sameness of most lives?
Observe the morning commute, the after-work drink,
the Sunday football game or religious service -
how many of those people are consciously following their dream,
training their mind, body, and spirit through that daily repetition?
And how many are mindlessly slogging through each day
out of habit and boredom?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Myth of Security
Curious - Adventurous
The Power of Courage
Labels:
bravery,
choice,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Edith Wharton,
habit,
Henri de Lubac,
Life,
mary anne radmacher,
mastery of life,
monotony,
repetition,
risk,
risks,
routine,
sameness,
waste,
wisdom
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Go For The Great
Life is lived in the living.
Set aside convention, caution,
and arbitrary "rules" about how
life is supposed to be lived.
Choose! Explore! Adventure!
Live life to the fullest.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
- John D. Rockefeller
Life is no brief candle to me.
It is a sort of splendid torch
which I have got a hold of for the moment,
and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible
before handing it on to future generations.
- George Bernard Shaw
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
- The Buddha
Further reading: Life as an Adventure
All That I May Be
Discover New Worlds
Fear of the Unknown
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Begin with the FACTS
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
- Abu Bakr
If you want reality to be different than it is,
you might as well try to teach a cat to bark.
- Byron Katie
To deny the facts would be illogical.
- the character Spock in the television series Star Trek
How is it that one rails against that
which is nearly a certainty?
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Do not rail against life. [Do not complain about life.]
Make positive contributions where you can.
Practice gracious acceptance elsewhere.
And express daily gratitude for all of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Some things you can change, others you need to work with.
But the worst choice is to pretend that things aren't the way they really are.
Begin with the facts, then make your choices.
Further reading: Don't Resist Life
Do What You Can; Trust God With The Rest
Serenity rather than Fear
I Will Fear No Evil
Monday, July 22, 2019
Take Action To Beat The Fear
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone
Action is our greatest weapon against fear.
Left to molder, fear grows upon itself,
but in the face of action,
fear is left in the dust.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do:
realize the fear is there,
and do the action you fear anyway.
- Peter McWilliams
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence.
Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.
Perhaps the action you take will be successful;
perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow.
But any action is better than no action at all.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Further reading: Take Action Today
Only Today
Wanting is Not Enough
Labels:
action,
confidence,
confusion,
courage,
doubt,
fear,
inaction,
Norman Vincent Peale,
overwhelm,
Peter McWilliams,
thinking,
W. Clement Stone
Sunday, July 21, 2019
What Are You Doing For Others?
Life's most urgent question is:
what are you doing for others?
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden
Compassion is the universal standard of moral living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
- Luke 6:31 (the "Golden Rule")
Further reading: Being of Service
Feeding the Children
The Least Of These
Material Possessions
Labels:
charity,
compassion,
generosity,
helping others,
John Wooden,
kindness,
Martin Luther King,
morality,
service,
values,
William Penn
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Honor Your Curiosity
Satisfaction of one's curiosity
is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
- Linus Pauling
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
- G. M. Trevelyan
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
- Anatole France
Curiosity is one of the main factors that keeps us excited and engaged with life.
Being curious, we look forward to the adventures that lie ahead.
Curiosity keeps one young - in thought and in action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People die when curiosity goes.
- Graham Swift
Further reading: Asking Better Questions
Taking the Leap
Misinformation
Curious, Not Judgmental
Friday, July 19, 2019
Master Your Own Self
It is better to conquer yourself
than to win a thousand battles.
Then the victory is yours.
It cannot be taken from you,
not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
- The Buddha
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
I believe that anyone can conquer fear
by doing the things he fears to do,
provided he keeps doing them until he gets
a record of successful experience behind him.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Further reading: Don't Try to Please Everyone
Play to win, but be a good loser
Over 30 and Not Married
Labels:
conquer,
Edmund Hillary,
Eleanor Roosevelt,
fear,
mastery of life,
The Buddha,
victory,
yourself
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Become Who You Really Are
The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you,
it is when you don't understand yourself.
- Anonymous
Life is not a having and a getting,
but a being and a becoming.
- Matthew Arnold
Don't go through life - grow through life.
- Eric Butterworth
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
- e. e. cummings
To be what we are,
and to become what we are capable of becoming,
is the only end in life.
- Baruch Spinoza
Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings,
of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home.
He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.
- Osho
Today's affirmation:
I follow my own star and my own inner compass.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Leap
The Inner You
Your Intuition is Your Guide
Be Simply Yourself
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Willingly accept the complexity and the contradictions of life
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize
how little we understand about life,
ourselves, and the world around us.
- Socrates
Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem.
We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
- Harold Evans
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma,
a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own
mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
- Umberto Eco
For every complex problem,
there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
- H. L. Mencken
Willingly accept the complexity and the contradictions of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You didn't get stamped out of a mold. You aren't a "black person" or a "white person," a "fat person" or a "skinny person," a "bad person" or a "good person." You are a highly complex human being with emotions, beliefs, capabilities. Each day you face challenges to your health, relationships, finances, and world-view -- and every day you respond to those challenges in ways which are unique to you.
Honor and love all of your unique self. Never diminish yourself with self-applied labels or categorizations.
Further reading: Lessons from Life
Paradox
Stand Rapt in Awe
Labels:
complex,
contradictions,
H. L. Mencken,
Harold Evans,
paradox,
Socrates,
Umberto Eco,
wisdom
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Be an Observer of Life
Be aware of what is going on around you today - truly conscious.
Don't make assumptions. Focus on looking behind the obvious.
Be an Observer of Life.
Gaining wisdom from carefully observing life
is not a substitute for action -
it is a prerequisite for informed action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say.
I just watch what they do.
- Andrew Carnegie
Your work is to discover your world
and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
- The Buddha
Today's Affirmation:
I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
I See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: What You See
New Eyes
Lifelong Learning
Labels:
Andrew Carnegie,
assumptions,
awareness,
consciousness,
discovery,
eyes,
Marcel Proust,
new eyes,
observation,
observer,
The Buddha,
wisdom
Monday, July 15, 2019
Let Your Faith Be More Powerful Than Your Anxiety
Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety
or the handle of faith.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow...
but only empties today of its strength.
- C. H. Spurgeon
All times are times of crisis. Wars, earthquakes, diseases, floods and murders have been constant companions of humankind from the beginning. 300,000 people die each and every single day. Yet against this backdrop, the magnificence of human accomplishment, human love and compassion, and great human happiness plays out each day. Let us marvel, and have infinite gratitude for, the human spirit that towers above the circumstances in which we find ourselves.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If I were to say, "God, why me?" about the bad things,
then I should have said, "God, why me?"
about the good things that happened in my life.
- Arthur Ashe
Further reading: The Serenity Prayer
Life only appears to be rushing toward us
The Myth of Security
Grace and Gratitude
Goodness of Life
The Eye-of-the-Storm
Labels:
anxiety,
Arthur Ashe,
C. H. Spurgeon,
circumstances,
comfort,
crisis,
faith,
gratitude,
Henry Ward Beecher,
human spirit,
security
Sunday, July 14, 2019
A Home For Our Children's Children Yet Unborn
The greatest challenge ...
is not the exploring of the mysteries of the outer space,
but the developing of the millions of God's forgotten children,
the developing peoples of the world,
so they can become our equal
and full partners to build a better world -
a world of freedom and brotherhood.
- Jimmy Yen
Every child comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore
If there is anything we wish to change in the child,
we should first examine it and see
whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
- Carl Jung
Let this be a time to honor all children
and to put ourselves into service
preserving a magnificent earthly home for future generations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity.
They are children, women and men who share a legitimate desire for being more.
- Pope Francis
Everything you do, and everything you do not do,
is your legacy to future generations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Our Children's Earth
Our Grandchildren
A Parent's Gift
A Truly Successful Life
Labels:
brotherhood,
Carl Jung,
child,
children,
compassion,
freedom,
future generations,
generosity,
God,
honor,
Jimmy Yen,
least of these,
legacy,
oneness,
Pope Francis,
Rabindranath Tagore,
service,
Unity
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Do Not Compare Yourself To Others
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself,
beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker
Do not compare, do not measure.
No other way is like yours.
All other ways deceive and tempt you.
You must fulfill the way that is in you.
- Carl Jung
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
- Douglas Horton
Comparisons are odious.
- Old English Saying
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
- The Buddha
Further reading: Avoid Comparison, Prevent Suffering
Cheer Whenever Others Succeed
Value Honor, Not Ego
Criticism and Complaint
Each To Their Own
Friday, July 12, 2019
Fairness, Caring and Integrity
Live so that when your children think of fairness,
caring and integrity, they think of you.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
You can easily judge the character of others
by how they treat those who can
do nothing for them or to them.
- Malcolm S. Forbes
That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime -
to set an example -
and when he is dead,
to be an inspiration for history.
- William McKinley
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Today's affirmation:
I choose to live a life of gratitude and joy,
inspiring others to follow my example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Who You Are
Intentional Living
The Value Of Honor
How To Know What To Do
Labels:
caring,
character,
children,
ethics,
fair,
gossip,
H. Jackson Brown,
impeccable,
integrity,
love,
Malcolm Forbes,
morality,
power of the word,
principles,
truth,
values,
William McKinley
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Don't Let The Past Drive Your Future
Life - for most people - is their past projected large
onto the movie screen of their future.
Don't let the past drive your life - choose life.
Drive into your future looking at the open road ahead
rather than into the rear-view mirror of your past.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.
But without it we go nowhere.
- Carl Sagan
Create your future from your future, not your past.
- Werner Erhard
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
- Charles Kettering
Don't let the past bully the future.
You own the future; the past owns itself.
- Carly Cermak
Imagination is the only key to the future.
Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.
- Ida Tarbell
Today's problems can seldom be solved using yesterday's answers.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today's affirmation:
I choose not to project my past onto my future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Be The Captain Of Your Own Ship
Purpose and Direction
Where do you want to go?
Be the Melody
What is Your Goal?
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Beyond Sameness
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it
a superficial appearance of being right.
- Thomas Paine,
[Likewise, A long habit of not thinking a thing right gives it
a superficial appearance of being wrong.]
The most dangerous phrase in the language is,
"We've always done it this way."
- Grace Hopper
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.
- Henri de Lubac
What is it about sameness that so draws me,
and how could I begin to have
that same kind of attraction to change?
- Mary Anne Radmacher
"Never quit" is one of those very common expressions that contains only one aspect of an important larger truth. Persistence is a virtue only when the goal is both desirable and attainable. There is no dishonor in redirecting your energies to more worthy or achievable goals.
Sadly, there is comfort in what we find familiar,
even when it causes us pain and suffering.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Don't Be Too Sure
What You've Always Done
The Good Old Ways
Your Whole Toolkit
Labels:
change,
familiar,
Grace Hopper,
habit,
Henri de Lubac,
mary anne radmacher,
new beginnings,
quit,
sameness,
thinking,
Thomas Paine,
tradition
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
A Firm Foundation
Keep your feet firmly planted on the ground
as you reach for the stars.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
- Confucius
When you jump for joy, beware that no one
moves the ground from beneath your feet.
- Stanislaw Jerszy Lec
If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are,
and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going.
And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.
- Terry Pratchett
The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do,
and the more genuine may be one's appreciation
of fundamental things like home,
and love, and understanding companionship.
- Amelia Earhart
Further reading: Honor Your Roots
A Strong Foundation
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
Fulfill Your Dreams
Labels:
adventure,
Amelia Earhart,
Confucius,
discovery,
foundation,
grounding,
invention,
joy,
jump,
new ideas,
roots,
Stanislaw Jerszy Lec,
stars,
Terry Pratchett,
travel,
traveler
Monday, July 8, 2019
How To Keep The Golden Rule
To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places,
but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing
ourselves in their places.
- Harry Emerson Fosdick (Founding Pastor of New York's Riverside Church)
Do not do to others what would anger you
if done to you by others.
- Isocrates (Ancient Greek)
That which is hateful to you,
do not do to your fellow.
That is the whole Torah;
the rest is the explanation.
- Talmud (Jewish Wisdom)
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
- Luke 6:31 (the "Golden Rule")
Know that the true essence of the Golden Rule
is always being compassionate, kind,
generous, and being in service to others.
Compelling others to behave as you wish
them to behave in the name of the
Golden Rule is a corruption of a sacred principle.
Compassion is the universal standard for moral living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Compassion is the Foundation of All Ethics
Love Your Enemies - Jesus
Go and Do Likewise
Three Wise Monkeys
Love Your Neighbor
Labels:
Bible,
compassion,
generosity,
golden rule,
Harry Emerson Fosdick,
Isocrates,
judging people,
kindness,
morality,
service,
The Talmud,
values
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Respect And Care For God's Natural World
Walk in the woods and listen carefully,
for trees speak with the voice of God.
- George Washington Carver (paraphrase)
Find out how much God has given you
and from it take what you need;
the remainder is needed by others.
- Saint Augustine
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Show me your hands.
Do they have scars from giving?
Show me your feet.
Are they wounded in service?
Show me your heart.
Have you left a place for divine love?
- Fulton J. Sheen (Archbishop)
God expects us to care for His world -
to clean up our sewage and our industrial pollution -
to respect His forests and His wild animals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Universal Sacrament of Compassion
Keep the Golden Rule
Confession of Sins
Unity in One Body and One Spirit
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Joy and Inspiration in the Commonplace
Today's affirmation:
I find joy and inspiration in the commonplace
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted.
- Michael Beckwith
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
- Cicero
The invariable mark of wisdom is to
see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Further reading: Simple Pleasures
The Commonplace
Beauty is Everywhere
Friday, July 5, 2019
Always an Opportunity for a Kindness
The smallest act of kindness
is worth more than the grandest intention.
- Oscar Wilde
Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a kindness.
- Seneca
Be kind whenever possible; and it is always possible.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
You cannot do a kindness too soon,
for you never know how soon it will be too late.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
Your measure that matters is your measure of kindness,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Let Us Be Kind
Brotherly Love
Plant Trees For Your Grandchildren
Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude
Labels:
caring,
Dalai Lama,
humanity,
kindness,
measure,
Oscar Wilde,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Seneca,
Yiddish Proverbs
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Independence Day 2019
We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow
Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter
Further reading: Take Action About Things That Matter
The Freedom of Others
No Need to Conform
Uncharted Territory
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Care About People's Feelings
People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
May you never forget what is worth remembering,
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Anonymous
Those who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it.
- George Santayana
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
- Katharine Butler Hathaway
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
- Hippocrates
“Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.”
- A. A. Milne
What do we live for, if it is not
to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot
If thy brother wrongs thee,
remember not so much his wrong-doing,
but more than ever that he is thy brother.
- Epictetus
The best comfort I could offer
was to just let her tell her story.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.
- Elizabeth Bibesco
Generally, your greatest service to someone
in their time of trouble, sorrow, or confusion, is your comfort.
Take the time to listen to their troubles and concerns
with patience, kindness, and empathy,
but without offering unsolicited advice or suggestions.
Your kindly hand on their shoulder, supportive hug, and patient listening
are often the greatest gifts you can offer.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: True Measure of a Successful Life
Giving Love and Comfort
This is my wish for you...
Encourage Others
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Do Not Walk In Fear
We will not walk in fear, one of another.
We are not descended from fearful men,
Not from men who feared to write, to speak,
To associate and to defend causes
which were for the moment unpopular.
This is no time... to keep silent.
- Edward R. Murrow
Listen here for Murrow's quote in the context of his 1954 denunciation of Sen Joseph McCarthy's "Commies in America" conspiracy theory.
Never be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no one's definition of your life;
define yourself.
- Harvey Fierstein
Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind -
even if your voice shakes.
- Maggie Kuhn
Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.
- Harvey Milk
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
Further reading: Have Confidence in Yourself
Take Action - Now
We are not descended from fearful men,
Not from men who feared to write, to speak,
To associate and to defend causes
which were for the moment unpopular.
This is no time... to keep silent.
- Edward R. Murrow
Listen here for Murrow's quote in the context of his 1954 denunciation of Sen Joseph McCarthy's "Commies in America" conspiracy theory.
Never be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no one's definition of your life;
define yourself.
- Harvey Fierstein
Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind -
even if your voice shakes.
- Maggie Kuhn
Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.
- Harvey Milk
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
Further reading: Have Confidence in Yourself
Take Action - Now
Labels:
action,
bravery,
Edward R. Murrow,
fear,
follow your heart,
freedom,
Harvey Fierstein,
Harvey Milk,
Jewel,
Maggie Kuhn,
speaking out,
voice,
yourself
Monday, July 1, 2019
Open Your Eyes to the Unfamiliar and the Hidden
There are many answers you have received but have not yet heard.
- A Course In Miracles
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
- Albert Einstein
God is not what you imagine
or what you think you understand.
If you understand you have failed.
- Saint Augustine
At the center of your being you have the answer;
you know who you are and you know what you want.
- Lao Tzu
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books,
but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.
- Joseph Smith, Jr.
As long as one keeps searching, the answers come.
- Joan Baez
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
- George Meredith
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
- Epictetus
Let today be a day to open your eyes to the unfamiliar and the hidden.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Find A Way
Have a Conversation With God, Today
A Fire to be Kindled
Asking The Right Questions
Beyond Answers
Labels:
A Course In Miracles,
ACIM,
Albert Einstein,
answers,
Epictetus,
George Meredith,
hear,
hidden,
Joan Baez,
Joseph Smith,
know,
Lao Tzu,
learn,
learning,
receive,
Saint Augustine,
search,
unfamiliar
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
You can also have Jonathan Lockwood Huie's Daily Inspiration email sent by Follow.it - Choose the email service you prefer...