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Tag Archives: Winston Churchill
“Never Give Up!” Blogging
Thought for the Week WordPress is a large, genteel society built on the principal of mutual sociability: Create a blog (“New tea shoppe now open for business!”) Write posts with suitable tag words (“Hallo, care for a cuppa me-tea?”) Your … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Writing
Tagged blogging, difficulties, funny, resolve, solutions, thought for the week, Winston Churchill
100 Comments
Work vs. Living
Photo by Jamie Street Thought for the Week Monday is the start of the work week for most of us. And while we know we should “work to live and not live to work,” is that enough? It’s important to … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Jesus, life, meaning, money, purpose, Steve Martin, value, Winston Churchill
25 Comments
Persevere!
Photo by Edgar Chaparro “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” ~Multiple sources “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson “Success is not final; … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Movies, Quips and Quotes
Tagged best picture, courage, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, nomination, perseverance, Winston Churchill
30 Comments
Live with Honor
“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” ~Socrates “Therefore…clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” ~Colossians 3:12 “For we make a … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Colossians 3:12, compassion, humility, integrity, kindness, love, Socrates, Winston Churchill
33 Comments
The Key to Success?
So, yeah, failure is the key to success. Yada-yada. I hate that statement, don’t you? Nevertheless, it’s true (dammit.) But wait, what about those stories of people for whom success came so easily? Have you read the follow-up accounts? Their success always … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Humor
Tagged failure, happiness, James 1:4, life, purpose, success, Winston Churchill
52 Comments
Be Humble. Or Be Humbled.
A flight attendant once reminded the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali to fasten his seat belt. “Superman don’t need no seat belt!” Ali replied. “Yeah, well, Superman don’t need no airplane, either!” the attendant retorted. Without another word, Ali fastened his … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, funny, Harper Lee, humility, Muhammad Ali, Winston Churchill, wisdom
37 Comments
Have a Great Time, but Remember…
…not to panda to your worst impulses! “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And then try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” ~Ron White “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Anne Lamott, funny, happy, New Year's Eve, Oscar Wilde, panda, Winston Churchill
32 Comments
Get it Write!
(And a kitten dies every time someone uses “there” for “their.”) “My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ~A.A. Milne “A synonym is a word you use … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, Douglas Adams, grammar, punctuation, Winston Churchill
24 Comments