Until the heavens grow dark

Morality without religion is a tree without roots; a stream without any spring to feed it; a house built on the sand; a pleasant place to live in till the heavens grow dark, and the storm begins to beat. -  James B. Shaw

Born of Enthusiasm

Indifference never wrote great works, nor thought out striking inventions, nor reared the solemn architecture that awes the soul, nor breathed sublime music, nor painted glorious pictures, nor undertook heroic philanthropies. All these grandeurs are born of enthusiasm, and are done heartily. - Anonymous

Not rich enough

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. - Danish Proverb

89th Rule

Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust. - President George Washington

Bonus Rule 79: Be not apt to relate news if you know not the truth thereof. In discoursing of things you have heard, name not your author; always a secret discover not. - President George Washington

Unshakable Strength

Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength. - Alexis Carrel

Genius, Power & Magic

Whatever you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. For boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe

Bottomless pit

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. -  Erich Fromm

Gratitude Transforms

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. - William Arthur Ward

A thankful and cheerful heart

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart. - Plutarch

How you use it

Latent abilities are like clay. It can be mud on shoes, brick in a building or a statue that will inspire all who see it. The clay is the same. The result is dependent on how it is used. - James F. Lincoln