Patriarch

"I find that spending a few minutes in a little prayerful reading (from a very small New Testament which I have kept with me every day for the past twenty years) just before I go into my home inspires me to take a more positive, happy approach in greeting and being with my wife and children."

"An ordained patriarch blesses with his touch and his voice.
A natural, unordained patriarch - a father - also blesses with his touch and his voice.
I've found that the scriptures inspire me to to be in control, to bless rather than to lose control in impatience, overreaction, and criticalness."

- Stephen R Covey
"The Divine Center" p 196

Watch Yourself Go By

 

Just stand aside and watch yourself go by;
Think of yourself as “he” instead of “I.”
Note, closely as in other men you note
The bag-kneed trousers and the seedy coat.
Pick flaws; find fault; forget the man is you,
And strive to make your estimate ring true.
Confront yourself and look you in the eye-
Just stand aside and watch yourself go by.

Interpret all your motives just as though
You looked on one whose aims you did not know.
Let undisguised contempt surge through you when
You see you shirk, O commonest of men!
Despise your cowardice; condemn whate’er
You note of falseness in you anywhere.
Defend not one defect that shames your eye-
Just stand aside and watch yourself go by.

And then, with eyes unveiled to what you loathe,
To sins that with sweet charity you’d clothe,
Back to your self-walled tenement you’ll go
With tolerance for all who dwell below.
The faults of others then will dwarf and shrink,
Love’s chain grows stronger by one mighty link,
When you, with “he” as substituted for “I,”
Have stood aside and watched yourself go by.

By:  Gillilan Strickland (1869 - 1954)

Me and My Mouse

"As for me and my mouse, we will serve the Lord."
Dan Seaborn http://winningathome.com

Temporal Flaws

"Temporal flaws keep you from joy."
Taylor Hartman

Noble

"There is nothing noble about being superior to another person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self."
"Robin S Sharma "The Monk Who Sold His Ferari"

I Can

"Your 'I Can' is more important than your IQ."
Robin Sharma "The Monk Who Sold His Ferari"

Mind-Management

"Mind management is the essence of life management."
Robin S Sharma "The Monk Who Sold His Ferari"

Dare to Dream

"Sometimes you need to dare to dream, despite the nay-sayers around you."
David Perry of Cascade Toy

Impact of a New Thing

"The impact of a new thing only last about nine months, but buying an experience is a memory that will increase happiness, add lustre over time."
Dan Beuttner

Me and My Mouse

"As for me and my mouse, we will serve the Lord.
Keep it up! Don't screw up!
Being a husband and a father is hard because they happen every day.
Go home - be men of nobility in our homes."
Dan Seaborn "Winning at Home" www.winningathome.com

Greatness

"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve."
Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The Right Time...

"The time is always right to do that which is right."
Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Know Who You Are

"Every day, if you know who you are, and remember who you are, every decision will be a good decision."
Dan on "Survivor Gabon"

Avoid; Beware; Help; Seek

Avoid the pitfalls, the detours.
Beware of the flashy start and the fading finish.
Help others in the race of life.
Seek and Find the Saviour.
Thomas S Monson

God Knows

"God knows everything the devil doesn't."
Ray McCaulay

Stiffen Our Spines

"One thing that tends to immobalise us is our doom and gloom...
We need to stiffen our spines and acknowledge our rich heritage."
Archbishop Ndungane

Manage the Risk

"Manage the risk you are exposed to every day."
LDS Family Services Symposium

Man Up

"You have got to man up and give your wife the respect she deserves."
Dr Phil

Questions

"Ask the right questions until the answers make sense."
"Cold Case" Television programme

Enlarge...

"Enlarge yourself to embrace more of the whole truth about yourself and others."
Source unrecorded.