We all wait for things to get easier….It will never get easier. What happens is, you handle hard stuff better….If you go around waiting for things to get easier in life, it’s never going to happen. Don’t think, “When is it going to be easy for me, like it’s easy for other people?” It’s not; it’s hard for everyone. Make yourself a person who handles hard well, not a person who’s waiting for the easy. If you have a meaningful pursuit in life, it will never be easy. People who handle hard well are the people who get the stuff they want. Don’t get discouraged if it’s hard; it’s supposed to be hard. Make yourself someone who handles hard well, and then, whatever comes at you, you’ll be great. – Kara Lawson, Women’s Basketball Coach, Duke University
Capacity for Good and Evil
I don't think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil. ― Jordan B. Peterson
He Is a Person
Modern man needs to be considered as more than a psycho-physical reality. His spiritual existence cannot be neglected. He is not a mere organism. He is a person. ― Viktor E. Frankl
Learning to Trust
“Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” --Isaac Watts
Having and Enjoying
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” --Charles Spurgeon
Build Me a Son
“Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
“Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Thee - and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
“Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
“Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
“And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the weakness of true strength.
“Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, ‘I have not lived in vain.’” —General Douglas MacArthur, a prayer for his son
Wait for Others to Change
“If you wait for others to change, you’ll wait forever.” —Dr. Stephen Marmer; December 9, 2022; The Dennis Prager Show
Truly Known
“A man cannot be truly known until he is tested.” —Dennis Prager
We See
We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are. --Anais Nin
Decent and Indecent
“From all this we may learn that there are two races of men in this world, but only these two - the ‘race’ of the decent man and the ‘race’ of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people.” --Viktor E. Frankl
Bad Attitude
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” --Scott Hamilton
Weak and Strong
“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.” —Leo Buscaglia
When I'm Chipper
“When I’m chipper, the week goes quicker!” —B., age 9
Most Common Tendencies
“One of the most common tendencies of human nature is that of placing responsibility on some external agency for sins we have committed or mistakes we have made.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.