1052The power of one hundred proud men cannot influence the world as much as of one humble servant of God. Tom Krause

Your purpose in life is to use your gifts and talents to help other people. Your journey in life teaches you how to do that.

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.

The surest way to lose sight of who you are is to constantly compare yourself to others.

Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.

Life isn't about living without problems. Life is about solving problems.

If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.

How a person wins and loses is much more important than how much a person wins and loses.

When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up.

Strong leaders cannot tolerate weak leaders above them.

Be happy while you have breathe.

Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

Oh to be only half as wonderful as my child thought I was when he was small and only half as stupid as my teenager now thinks I am.

We will never be more than we are meant to be!

Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

American democracy and the Soviet system can exist simultaneously and compete peacefully. But one cannot develop into the other.

The power of mass intention may ultimately be the force that shifts the tide toward repair and renewal of the planet.

In journalism, there are only two stories - "Oh, the wonder of it," and "Oh, the shame of it."