L. W Rogers Quotes
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.
Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning
We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Personally, I have always felt that the best doctor in the world is the Veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter...he's just got to know.
You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.
It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.
It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried.
A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.
If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.
Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.
Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is first of all willing to be himself and permitted to be himself.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him... The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
The degree to which I can create relationships, which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons, is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.
There is no promise God cannot keep, no prayer God will not answer, and no problem too hard for Him to solve.
There is nothing as easy as denouncing. It don't take much to see that something is wrong, but it does take some eyesight to see what will put it right again
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
