"...‘How will they learn to read?’ you ask, and my answer is ‘Remember the lessons of Massachusetts.’ When children are given whole lives instead of age-graded ones in cellblocks, they learn to read, write, and do arithmetic with ease, if those things make sense in the kind of li
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"It should come as no huge surprise that the secular world is confused and off-base about the identity and calling of women. But what I find distressing is the extent to which (this) has taken hold even within the evangelical world. We see the fruit of that revolution as prominent Christian spea
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"...it is called a lively hope because it puts the soul upon lively endeavors. Hope will make a man pray as for life, hear as for life, mourn as for life, obey as for life and work and walk as for life. Hope will not say this work is too hard and that work is too hot; this work is too high and
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“A true Christian must not be a slave to what’s currently ‘in-fashion,’ if he wants to train his child for heaven. He must not be content to teach them and instruct them in certain ways, merely because it is customary, or to allow them to read books of a questionable sort, merely because eve
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“Although it is very easy to marry a wife, it is very difficult to support her along with the children and the household. Accordingly, no one notices this faith of Jacob. Indeed, many hate fertility in a wife for the sole reason that the offspring must be supported and brought up. For this is what
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"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." --Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy —these are precisely what the structures of schooling are set up to prevent, on one pretext or another. ~John Taylor Gatto We have got
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Most people talk a good game, but few *play* a good game! *** "There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough." — Mother Teresa
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Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. ~Larson How many times have we gotten ourselves into a mess that was really foolish? The mess could have been avoided if we would have just obeyed God's principals, or gotten wise advice? Know this, my belo
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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. ~Larson There was an elderly lady in our quilter's guild who was usually very quiet. Whenever someone would ask her her opinion her answers were always very insightful and wise. She was such a sharp th
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Encourage enterprise, don't give the children everything they want! Let them find ways to make some money so they will appreciate the value of a dollar, the value of labor, and the value of good character. Children, just as adults, will not do things until they have to. :)
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Skill comes only by practice. You may have a natural talent towards a skill, but only practice makes you good at it!
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God has a cure for laziness... HUNGER! "If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat." 2 Thess. 3:10b
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"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn... do you learn." C. S. Lewis
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“The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.” Proverbs 21:25 “The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy man will be put to forced labor.” Proverbs 12:24
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Humility is recognizing that God and others are actually responsible for the achievements in your life. ~Character Journal Ask yourself or your children of what you are most proud of in your life. Whether it be possessions or achievements, you could not have obtained them without the aid of
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~Thomas Edison~
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“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” Saint Augustine
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“Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” ~Vince Lombardi quotes
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass." "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys." ~Harmon Killebrew
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Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ~Albert Einstein Character is higher than intellect. ~ Emerson Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. ~Author Unknown . Quotes of Genera
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“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein
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Successful people plan. Success doesn't just happen and it has nothing to do with luck. If you want your life to make a difference, you have to plan for that to happen, and not just wish for it. ~ Rhea Perry
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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. Ecclesiastes 9:10 We all have work to be doing, so let's do it will all our might!
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work
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Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such conseq
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We should plough carefully and pray carefully. The better the work the more attention it deserves. To be anxious in the shop and thoughtless in the closet is little less than blasphemy, for it is an insinuation that anything will do for God, but the world must have our best. C.H. Spurge
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It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create. J. Saxe Because we were made in the image of God, I whole heartily believe that God put in us a desire to create; maybe not masterpieces for a museum, but masterpieces for life. Whether it be a home of beauty, or fruit from the
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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. C. Jung When I read this quote I thought about how much I love to do my own thing, es
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The best way to have a good idea is to have LOTS of ideas, then to actually put them into action! What are obstacles of creativity? ~Lack of confidence (fear of failure) ~Laziness ~Complacency (just not caring) ~Being too busy to think outsi
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Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Roosevelt
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"The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure." Montteville Let's be diligent to teach our children that work is a good thing, even a hard, nasty task can be somewhat enjoyable if we have a good attitude.There are many
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"Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living.” ~V. Bonta There is nothing like loving your work, even when it is hard. There is no greater satisfaction than a job well done! &
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson
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Children can even be successful through failure, as long as they are learning and persevering. True failure is trying nothing, doing nothing. ~Kathy Brodock
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“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” ~Georage Barnard Shaw
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Everyone guilty of neglect should be held responsible for the result of their neglect. If we neglect our responsibilities in our work, our studies, our finances, our parenting and even our relationships, we will be r
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When Daniel Webster was asked his greatest thought he ever had, He said: "I’ve thought about many things, but the most awesome, the most terrifying, the most shattering thought I’ve ever had, is my personal accountability to God one day."
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer I love Bonhoeffer!!! He was an incredible man, a man of integrity and a willingness to take responsibility to help the helpless.
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“Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.” .
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A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed. ~William James
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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it." ~S. J. Harris
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He (God) has done such great things for us, and he has shown so much good will towards us, that to pay him reverence seems not so much the call of duty as the natural impulse of love. &
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To be placed at a 45 degree angle in a reclining chair, drink in one hand, remote control in the other, in front of the television, is not leisure but something closer to sloth of mind and body. James Taylor .
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"It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!” -Patrick Henry Amen!
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Our family's choice:
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
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