Two golden rules of teaching:"If you have not read a book, always make it clear to the students you have not done so; and (tangentially related) if you do not know the answer to a question, admit you do not know the answer. The desire of the teacher to appear omniscient must be resisted at all costs. Education is about teaching, not creating an image of genius where none really exists." (72)- Carl Trueman
HT: Michael Krahn
Whether you prevail or fail, endure or die—whether you make it onto the Fortune 500 and whether you stay there—depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you. (37) ~Jim Collins From here.
Most people are desperately insecure and in need of affirmation. (10) ~Dan Simmons, Pastor, New Community Baptist Church, Strongsville Ohio
If we are going to be truly happy, we have to learn to be content. Most of the time, we fixate on our lack of happiness thinking that we can become happier by getting that thing, whatever that thing is. We cannot worship at the alter of happiness and truly expect to be happy. Happiness…
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. (17) – William James
“Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.” (10) Viktor Frankl
What 40 years has taught me: 1. Family and friends matter more than anything. 2. No matter how much you plan and pray, things are going to turn out the way they turn out. But plan and pray anyway. 3. People's situations are relative. But it's not your job to make it relative. It's your…
