God, Spirituality & Religion


Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Matthew 7:7-8 (see also verses 9 -12)

"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
- Mark 11:22-24

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
- Stephen Covey

All consumed are their imperfections,
Doubts are dispelled, their senses mastered,
Their every action is wed to the welfare of their fellow creatures:
Such are the seers who enter Brahman* and know Nirvana*.
- Bhagavad Gita, chapter 5
*(Brahman may be translated as Spirit and Nirvana as the highest state of spiritual being)

[God says], do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10 (New International Version)

The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future.
- Oscar Wilde, author

For I am mindful of the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. You call upon me and come and pray to me, and I heed you. You seek Me and find Me: Now you seek Me with all your heart and I am at hand for you, says the Lord...
- Jeremiah 29:11-14a; Matthew 7:7

If you keep sincerely asking for what's best, God will give you a very good chance to achieve it - even if you don't believe in God!
- Bill Blackman

God will always open another door for you

If you fear God, you won't fear humans.
- Albanian Proverb

A man devoid of religion is like a horse without a bridle.
- Latin Proverb

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
- Dalai Lama

You have to believe in gods to see them.
- Hopi Indian Proverb

Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.
- Malagasy Proverb

He who doesn't speak will get no help from God.
- Mexican Proverb

I believe in God but I’d much rather live with people who care about each other than those who only care about God or heaven.
- Bill Blackman

I will cause you to walk in the straight way...
I will open to you the gates of righteousness..
For whoever finds Me, finds life
- Psalm 118:19; Proverbs. 8: 35-6

Progress




Unite to move forward.
- American Proverb

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
-Alfred North Whitehead

Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month.
Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.
-Paul J. Meyer

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
-Frederick Douglass

People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
-Milan Kundera

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
-Henry Steele Commager

If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
-Mark Twain

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
-Oscar Wilde

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
-Don Marquis

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
- Samuel Butler

Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
- Jose Incenerios

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
- Plato

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
- Nicholas Murray Butler

All progress occurs because people dare to be different
- Harry Milner

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice
- St. Francis of Assisi

Materialism




What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
- Seneca

The Taj Mahal was built by a ruthless but incredibly rich Mugal Emperor, Shah Jehan, for his wife. Both are now dead.

If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.
- Anwar El-Sadat

Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.
- Ludwig von Mises

The best things in life aren't things.
- Art Buchwald

It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you.
- Robert A. Cook

We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

After a visit to the beach, it's hard to believe that we live in a material world.
- Pam Shaw

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
- Doug Horton

Children and Family


As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother?
- Christy Borgeld

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
- Virginia Satir

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
- Brigham Young

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
- Kim Rohn

Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
- Christy Borgeld

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
- Richard Bach

It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
- Terence

Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
- Mary MacCracken
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
- Abigail Van Buren

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.
- David Bly

Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
- Harold Hulbert

Fathers are like a lighthouse… when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
- Christy Borgeld

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
- Chinese Proverb

Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
- Christy Borgeld

Children are the reward of life.
- Congolese Proverb

My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
- Hebrew Proverb

The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
- Christy Borgeld

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
- Thomas Szasz

It takes a whole village to raise a child.
- African Proverb

Adults are dead children
- Michael Brown

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction - Anne Sullivan

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
- Bill Cosby

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him ‘father.’
- Lydia Maria Child

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