Grow Character . . . . . William B. Buechel “Character is something that grows. It is not something put on ready-made. Day-by-day, here a little, there a little, it grows with one’s growth and strength, until, good or bad, it determines our earthly way of life and even our eternity.”
On Coaching Coach . . . . . Tom Landry
An Infinite Difference . . . . . Orison Swett Marden “There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority…”
Give to Your Dreams . . . . . William James “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.”
Will to Win . . . . . Vince Lombardi “The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.”
Life Changes . . . . . William James “To Change Your Life: • Start immediately.
Keep On Going . . . . . Charles Kettering “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble onto something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something while sitting down.”
Love is Giving . . . . . Henry Van Dyke “Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire — oh, no — love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living — yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.”
Why Wait! AHA!, . . . . . Grey Matter, Inc. “Why wait! Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you’re going to do, and just do it. In one bold stroke you can transform today.”
Advice on Preaching . . . . . Pulpit Helps, Aug. 1990, p. 11
Greatness Is Measured . . . . . Wm. J.H. Boetcker, Soundings, Vol. 6, # 8, p. 2“Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.”
The Country’s Needs . . . . . Theodore Roosevelt
Voyage of Discovery . . . . . Marcel Proust “The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in seeing with new eyes.”
On Discovery . . . . . Albert Szent-Gyorgi “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.”
Fully Human, Fully Alive . . . . . Fr. John Powell, SJ “You are
called to love: your God, your self and your neighbor.
Consider Yourself Asked . . . . . Connections, Jan. 1993
Retired Speaker of the House Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill recalls one of the most
important lessons he learned early in his career: In 1935, just before Election
Day in O’Neill’s first campaign, a neighbor told him, “Tom, I’m going to vote
for you tomorrow
Our National Life . . . . . Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. “It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.”
November Reflection
The lectionary readings have a “November” feeling to them, an “end time” peal, but filled with hope. The real question to be asked in November is not if there is life after death, but is there life before death.
John H. Rhoads wrote:
And Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “We are always getting ready to live, but never living.”
Thanksgiving Prayer . . . . . Samuel F. Pugh
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November is the season to settle down before the fireplace and look back, to
remember and to be grateful. Also, it can be seen as the in-between season, the
lull period — post harvest and pre-Christmas. It is the month when the leaves
have fallen, and the weather turns gray. November is a time for saints, for poor
souls, for veterans and for giving thanks.
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more than exist, live.
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