The Study of Applied Principles of Virtuous-Living!

  “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” Lewis B. Smedes   Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else. Mother Teresa   Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself. Mary Anne Radmacher         We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. Martin Luther King, Jr.     There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. Bryant H. McGill   Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. Dale Carnegie   A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. Ruth Graham   When you forgive, you in no way c...

  “Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.”   Pema Chodron   “The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.”   Thurgood Marshall   “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”   Mark Twain   “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”   Albert Schweitzer   “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” Mother Teresa   “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama   “The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there? Jack Kornfield   “Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to...

    “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”_Abraham Lincoln   “Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”_Leonardo da Vinci   “A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.” Edward Gibbon   “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” Benjamin Franklin   “Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.” John F. Kennedy   “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.   “If you're going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill   “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a deter...

    “Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.” Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton   “Strange and marvelous things will happen with constant regularity as you alter your life and begin living in harmony with the laws of the universe.” Earl Nightingale   “Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.” Lord Chesterfield   “Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.” Jennifer Egan   “I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified my habits, I have the same friends.” Jose Saramago   “...

    “Punctuality is the soul of business.” Thomas Chandler Haliburton   “Preparedness and punctuality are two of the most important qualities of a leader.” John Andreas Widtsoe   “Want of punctuality is a want of virtue.” James Murray Mason   “Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.” John Frederick Boyes   “Perhaps punctuality is a quality made even more valuable because it is found in so few people.” Sterling W Sill    “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” Lord Chesterfield   “Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.” Boyd K. Packer   “I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.” Charles Dickens   “Better three ho...