“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.” – Annie Dillard

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth – only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), British writer – Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963)

Noble Purpose: The Joy of Living a Meaningful Life Book Description This book describes the personal and spiritual benefits of living life in a way that matters, with an awareness that one’s life can reflect a sense of higher purpose no matter what the circumstances. The book draws upon religious, philosophical, and literary writings to… Read more »

“Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.” – Sir Winston Churchil

I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know, I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun, And hate myself for things I have done. I don’t want to… Read more »

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who… Read more »

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” –Thomas a Kempis “The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.” –John Ruskin “Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from… Read more »

“Today’s kids desperately need moral guidance. They need to know right from wrong. And sadly, too many adults have abdicated their responsibility to teach kids values that respect life. In public schools, students are taught to ‘construct’ their own truths. And teachers are trained not to offer direction, lest they hamper a child’s autonomy. The… Read more »

You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. ~J. Askenberg ~ The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t. ~Henry Ward Beecher ~ For a righteous man falls seven times,… Read more »

“I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.” – Benjamin Franklin