“Words to Live

My friend’s “Words to Live By” were given to his daughter & 3 sons at their graduations from H. S. & College, as a gyroscope for their lives. He shared these “Words” with the troubled van driver, who was struggling that day as a recovering alcoholic. That driver later told him that “Words” helped a lot. Mothers in my friend’s subdivision put copies of my friend’s “Words” on their refrigerators, to help their children. Perhaps, reading, retaining, or sharing a copy of these “Words” may help someone dear to you?

 “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
Vince Lombardi

“If you meet with Triumph and Disaster, treat those two imposters just the same.”
Rudyard Kipling

“Sometimes you hit Good Shots that turn out Badly. Sometimes you hit Bad Shots that turn out Well. But in All Cases, you have to Hit the Ball where it lies.”                                                                                                                                                   

Bobby Jones

“It’s the man in the arena, muddied and bloodied, whether he has won or lost, who is honored, and not the cold timid soul on the sideline, who has tasted neither victory, nor defeat.”
Teddy Roosevelt

“Always do more than is required of you.”
George Patton

“Love one another as I have loved you.”
Jesus Christ

“Learn to write your hurts in sand, and kindness to you, in stone.”
Your Dad

“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the boot that crushed it.”
Mark Twain

“You are fearfully and wonderfully made in the Image and Likeness of God.”                                                                                    Genesis/Bible

The above YouTube music video expresses the Essence of of “Words to Live By”

“We are spiritual beings expressed through humanity.”
Malone

“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
C. S. Lewis

“The Christian soul experiences peace & joy that the secular mind can’t imagine.”
Your Dad

“It’s not about you. Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose. We were made by God and for God. Until we understand that, life will never make sense.”
Rick Warren

Asking, “What’s in it for me?” – is a selfishness that calcifies the heart.
Your Dad

Pride is “A life full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” “A life that struts and frets its hour upon the stage, to be heard, no more.”
Shakespeare

“Grant me neither poverty nor riches. Lest I be full, and deny my God. Lest I be desperate, and by stealing defile the name of my Lord. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
Psalms/Bible

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”                                                                                                               Winston Churchill

The above YouTube music video lyrics express sharing what you have, asking nothing in return – the blog post message

“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”
Albert Schweitzer

“Esse quam videri: To be, rather than to appear.”
Anonymous

“Don’t forsake the good, in search of the perfect.”
Your Dad

“We want power over experiences, and control over outcomes. We need to trade the control we crave for the companionship of God.”
John Eldridge

“Everyone eventually surrenders to something or to someone. If not to God, you will surrender to money, to approval, to pride, to lust, or to fear. Surrendering your life to God requires gratitude, humility, obedience and trust.”
Rick Warren

“God wants men concerned about what they do.”
“Satan wants men concerned about what happens to them.”
C. S. Lewis

Success is to laugh often, and much. To earn the respect of intelligent people, and the affection of children. To know that even one life breathed easier, because you have lived.”
Emerson

Success is to fulfill your calling, not to satisfy your ambition.”                                                                                                                   Patrick Morley

“If you can watch the truth you’ve spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools. And watch the things you’ve given your life to, broken, and stoop, and build them up with worn out Tools. You are a Man my Son.”
Kipling

“Success is not Final. Failure is not Fatal. Never, Never, Never, Never, Give Up.”                                                                      Winston Churchill

The Above YouTube Music Video Expresses what’s necessary to Live According to the “Words To Live By”

Enough said.