Prayer of a Sportsman Dear Lord, in the battle that goes on through life I ask but a field that is fair, A chance that is equal with all in the strife, A courage to strive and to dare; And if should win, let it be by the code With my faith and my honorContinue reading “Post # 37 – Prayer of the Sportsman”
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Post # 36 – Earning
If you want a thing bad enough To go out and fight for it, Work day and night for it, Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it If only desire of it Makes you quite mad enough Never to tire of it, Makes you hold all other things tawdry andContinue reading “Post # 36 – Earning”
Post # 35 – Opportunity
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill —
Post # 34 – Courage
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” — Victor Hugo —
Post # 33 – Patience
” Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices. “ — St. Teresa de Avila —
Post # 32 – Growing Up
“Too many people grow up. That’s the real trouble wit hthe world, too many people grow up. They forget…Well I wont do that. — UP —
Post # 31 – Fearlessness
Fate loves the fearless.
Post # 30 – Equality
“None of us comes into the world fully formed. We would not know how to think, or walk, or speak, or behave as human beings unless we learned it from other human beings. We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to aContinue reading “Post # 30 – Equality”
Post # 29 – Impossible
” Never think there is ANYTHING impossible for the soul.” — Swami Vivekananda —
Post # 28 – True Success
” Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” — Vivekananda —
