Pleasant Inspirations

The Success Poem

2008-09-24T01:59:00.000-07:00

He has achieved success

who has lived well,

laughed often, and loved much;

who has enjoyed the trust of

pure women,

the respect of intelligent men and

the love of little children;

who has filled his nich

eand accomplished his task;

who has left the world better than he found it

whether by an improved poppy,

a perfect poem or a rescued soul;

who has never lacked appreciation

of Earth's beauty

or failed to express it;

who has always looked for the best in others

and given them the best he had;

whose life was an inspiration;

whose memory a benediction.
Bessie Anderson Stanley

You Are Like A Pencil

2008-09-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

Did you know that we are like pencils?

Here is how:

I. Like pencils, our mistakes can he corrected. Not erased.. we can't change the past...but we can rectify it.

2. Like pencils, painful sharpening serves to make us better. Our difficult times can actually sharpen our skills or shape us into the persons we were meant to be.

3. Like pencils, we can do great things when we allow ourselves to be held in Someone's hand.

4. Like pencils, we can leave our mark whenever possible. That is what we're here for -- to leave our mark. it may be in small ways. it may be in the lives of people we have touched or nurtured, but we must leave something good behind when we can.

5. Like pencils, it is what is on the inside that matters. Whether it is understanding or intolerance, love or bitterness, peace or unrest, kindness or self- centeredness, hope or despair, courage or fear, what is on the inside matters most.

Next time you use a pencil, pause and think about that little writing tool. It teaches some great lessons about living.

The Road To Success

2008-08-19T06:37:00.000-07:00

The road to success is not straight...

There is a curve called Failure,

a loop called Confusion,

speed bumps called Friends,

red lights called Enemies,

caution lights called Family.

You will have flats called Jobs.

But, if you have a spare

called Determination, an engine called

'Perseverance, insurance called

Faith, you will make it o to a place

called Success.

Author: Unknown

Persian Proverb

2008-08-11T07:49:00.000-07:00

He who knows not,

And knows not that he knows

not,

Is a fool, shun him.

He who knows not,

And knows that he knows not,

Is a child, teach him.

He who knows,

And knows not that he knows,

Is asleep, wake him.

He who knows,

And knows that he knows,

Is wise, follow him.

Do Not Believe In Anything

2008-08-09T15:10:00.000-07:00

Do not believe in anything simply because you have

heard it.

Do not believe in anything simply because it is

spoken and rumored by many.

Do not believe in anything simply because it is

found written in your religious books.

Do not believe in anything merely on the authority

of your teachers and elders.

Do not believe in traditions because they have been

handed down for many generations.

But after observation and analysis, when you find

that anything agrees with reason and is conducive

to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept

it and live up to it.

Do good any way(2)

2008-08-09T14:38:00.000-07:00

The biggest men and women with the
biggest ideas can be shot down by the
smallest men and women
with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

What you spend years building
may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you
if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and
you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
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Do good anyway

2008-08-07T08:41:00.000-07:00

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

Six Mistakes of Man

2008-08-06T23:01:00.000-07:00

More than 2000 years ago, the Roman orator Cicero listed the following 6 mistakes of man

1. The delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others.

2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed.

3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.

4. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.

5. Neglecting development and refinement of mind and not acquiring the habit of reading and study.

6.Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

Begin the day with love

2008-08-06T06:52:00.000-07:00

If you begin the day with love inyour heart,

Peace in your nerves,And truth in your mind,

You not only benefit by theirpresence

But also bring them to others,

To your family and friends, and toall those

Whose destiny draws across yourpath that day.