“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” --Dalai Lama
Life-Giving Correction
“Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise. Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.” —Proverbs 15:31-32
Pain and Pleasure
“Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.” --Benjamin Franklin
The Most Difficult Thing
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” —Amelia Earhart
Price of Greatness
“The price of greatness is responsibility.” —Winston Churchill
Motion and Action
“Never mistake motion for action.” —Ernest Hemmingway
It Seems Like a Lot of Work
“It seems like a lot of work. And it’s worth it.” — D., Anonymous Client
Discipline and Wisdom
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed; my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
—Proverbs 23:12-16