One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
We did a variant of the intern thing. We hired people as consultants for a specific thing and then if they were good, offered them a job.
Every decision has a cost. Do I have to make this decision at all or can I move on to the next thing? What we decided to leave out is almost as important as what we put in.
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
The right thing at the wrong tme is the wrong thing.
The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, “This is love.†God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, “This is love.
When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.
Life is difficult for everyone. We all have stress and we all need someone in our lives that we can lean on. Never think that you cannot talk to someone because they have problems to or that your friend or loved one would be better off without you or your problems. You'll soon find out that they need you just as much as you need them.
‎True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.