All temptations can be handled easily when we know how, because no temptation is a temptation at all unless we are entertaining it. Sterling W Sill More Quotes by Sterling W Sill More Quotes From Sterling W Sill We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them Sterling W Sill courage positive inspirational One of the significant facts about the moment of birth is that it is an unconscious moment. No one ever knows when he is being born that the event is actually taking place, and sometimes we don't find out about it until quite a long time afterward. Sometimes, we never do really find out that we have been born. So frequently, we don't know why we were born; we don't know where we came from; we don't know what the purpose of life is; nor do we understand the possibilities of our godly destiny. Sterling W Sill godly destiny life You can't judge a man by watching him live. . . . I personally watched Babe Ruth at bat three times, and he struck out every time. But at the very time that I was watching him strike out, the record said that he was the greatest home-run king who ever lived. Sterling W Sill kings running life One who works twice as hard will have four times as much accomplishment. If he works 3 times as hard he will have 9 times as much accomplishment and 9 times more fun in the process. Sterling W Sill accomplishment work fun Lack of industry is an attitude. Sterling W Sill industry attitude Fighting is not the best way to win an argument. If carried to its ultimate conclusions, the old idea of "an eye for an eye" eventually ends in making everybody blind. Sterling W Sill fighting eye winning Planning is the mother of almost every other ability. Make your plan and set a timetable for its accomplishment in writing. Sterling W Sill generosity mother writing Next to the human spirit the human body is the most marvelous of God's creations. Sterling W Sill gods-creation body exercise The greatest opportunity of our lives is to wake ourselves up and get going. There is so much to be done and so little time to do it. We should impress ourselves with the seriousness of slothfulness. Sterling W Sill done opportunity littles Successful people follow successful patterns. Sterling W Sill patterns success people How ridiculous it is to waste our lives experimenting with those things for which we already have the answers! Sterling W Sill waste answers thinking Ancient Chinese custom if you were a guest in one of their homes and you admired some particular thing, they would wrap it up and present it to you as a gift. But isn't that what life does. Sterling W Sill chinese home thinking One of the most productive things that we ever do in our lives is to think. To be able to think is to be able to decide, to judge, to have opinions and convictions, and to entertain a point of view. To be able to think is to be able to love, to believe, to work, to originate, and to organize. Sterling W Sill views believe thinking Plants don't think. Animals are guided by the power of instinct over which they themselves have no control. Animals have a certain kind of brain that makes it impossible to learn anything except very simple things. No generation of animals ever learns anything from any previous generation. We act like animals when we fail to use this magnificent piece of equipment. Sterling W Sill simple animal thinking A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved in the picture was magnificent. Never before, it seemed, had the art of man been able to execute quite so deftly a reproduction of the art of nature. Sterling W Sill rose men art We get good grades or poor grades - according to our attitudes. Sterling W Sill grades poor attitude Some intentionally injure others through mocking, sarcasm with no intent to help. Others are trying to help. Sterling W Sill sarcasm criticism helping-others Everything depends on attitude. We are ambitious or lazy, enthusiastic or dull, loyal or undependable, according to our attitude. Sterling W Sill ambitious lazy attitude Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased. Sterling W Sill wall jobs memories People would rather be praised than criticized but the later may help us make more progress. Sterling W Sill progress criticism people
