It isn’t necessary or perhaps even good to have everyone like
you. That idea can make you the worst kind of a mollycoddle. You will be
spineless, uninteresting, lacking in character. Perhaps the greatest compliment
ever paid President Grover Cleveland was when he was put in nomination before
the Democratic Convention and the orator who presented his name said, “We love
him for the enemies he has made.”
Norman Vincent Peale
Saturday, April 7, 2012
April 6
A fair amount of caution is sensible. Only a fool would be
without it. But to listen to one’s fears when seeking guidance is quite another
matter. Consider cautiously, but take counsel from your beliefs, not your
fears—and you will average out a lot better in life.
April 5
Louisa May Alcott was told by an editor that she would
never be able to write anything that would have popular appeal. A music teacher
told Enrico Caruso: “You can't sing. You have no voice at all.” And a teacher
warned a boy named Thomas A. Edison that he was too stupid to pursue a
scientific education! Never let anyone shunt you off from the main line of your
aspirations.
April 4
Workmen building the Panama Canal had been digging and excavating
the big ditch for a long time. Just as they thought it was finished, there was
a huge landslide and much of the dirt taken out fell back in again. The man in charge
dashed up to the boss, General Goethals, and exclaimed: “It’s terrible!
Terrible! All the dirt’s back in again! What shall we do?” Goethals said
calmly. “Dig it out again.” What else was there to do?
April 3
The Bible puts it this way: “For as he thinketh in his heart,
so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). Perhaps it might also be put this way: Think right
to make things go right.
April 2
That which we constantly affirm has the tendency to take over
in our thoughts and to produce changed attitudes. A simple affirmation repeated
three times every morning—such as “I am alive. Life is good. God is with me. I
am going to have a wonderful day”—produces the results imaged.
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