A 92-year old, petite, well poised and proud man – who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind – moved to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.  After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he smiled sweetly [...]

I know a man who, if he happens to forget something in the morning and is obliged to run back for it and perhaps is late at his office, will fret and stew, curse and swear, not realizing that he is poisoning his mind, getting himself out of time, and totally unfitting himself for the day’s work. If your mental attitude is right, if you face life in the right way, if the right spirit is in you, [...]

Many people are disappointed because they have so little love in their lives.  I have heard one woman say that she does not believe there is any such thing as real unselfish love.  She has found that what she thought was love in some of her so-called friends was only self-interest, for when she was unfortunate and was not able to pay what she owed them they turned against her. Without knowing it, [...]

An eastern legend tells of a wonderful vase–known as the vase of life–which was full of a mysterious liquid.  No one could tell what this liquid was.  No chemist could analyze it or tell what entered into its composition.  The marvelous thing about it was that whatever one dropped into it would overflow and run down the sides of the vase.  That is, the original liquid would not run [...]

When we sincerely like people and try to get their point of view, we create a mental attitude that actually releases from within ourselves “that something” which others sense and to which they naturally respond. …  Sincerely serve people and try to get their point of view. …  People will reflect it in their attitudes towards you. Life is, indeed, a mirror, and this world [...]

The more heated our reactions to a problem or subject the more, I think, we should suspect our motives and judgment.  If we are unable to give a respectful hearing and consideration to the opposite point of view we should begin to doubt the soundness of our position. This does not mean that we should be listless about our beliefs, nor does this imply that we must never feel certain on the rightness [...]

“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7) Many times I have preached that one’s attitude determines his altitude.  How much a person achieves in life will be based on his ability to kep a positive, productive attitude.  … Did you know that faith comes from attitude?  Attitude can be either positive or negative.  Positive attitudes attract faith to us.  [...]

There are four kinds of people: 1.  Those who sell ideas that produce sorrow. 2.  Those who let everybody go their way. 3.  Those who try to feebly make people but are always reminding themselves of their own inadequacies.  In so doing, therefore, little is accomplished. 4.  Those who make brand new people out of people by selling them on a goal — an upward reach.  Help them get a grip [...]

The greatest asset an individual can have is the spirit of progress.  Without it all else is largely in vain.  With it every good thing is possible.  What is the spirit of progress?  It is the desire to know what constitutes true success and the willingness to take the patient steps which lead to it; the desire to correct errors, traits and tendencies which retard progress and the willingness to [...]

Our attitude makes such a difference as to how we carry out our ambitions, and unless we watch our attitude, we can destroy the high ideal of our ambition.  What a difference the right or the wrong attitude makes.  A proper attitude leads to success and an improper attitude leads the other way.  These attitudes can be easily detected by others and they know pretty well what we have in mind. On the [...]