Even in seemingly independent jobs that rely on raw brainpower, our success depends more on others than we realize.
We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.
I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.
It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap...
To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise.
I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.
Oh honey, someday a real man is going to make you see stars and you won't even be looking at the sky." Excerpt from Grace Willow's Last Minute Bride
The best fighter is never angry.