Work

Work

Work is the miracle by which talent is brought to the surface and dreams become reality.

(Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand A Little Taller, 28 December)

Dick Henthorn

2 Aug 2020

Excuses

Making up a string of excuses is usually harder than doing the work.
(Marie T. Freeman in 100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 114)
12 February 2015

Take Your Medicine

The best antidote I know for worry is work.
The best medicine for despair is service.
The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired.
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand A Little Taller, 1 April)
9 April 2014

A Strong Nation

A strong nation provides

• work, 
• a living wage, 
• affordable housing and 
• medical and mental health care 

for all of its people.
(after Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 17 October)

Take It Easy

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome K. Jerome, 1859-1927, English Playwright & Humorist, in Pocket Positives, no page numbering) 23 May 2013

Make A List

There's plenty of work to do, reducing or getting rid of our:

• fears
• resentments
• inferiority complexes
• negative points of view
• self-centeredness
• criticism of others
• over-sensitiveness
• inner conflicts
• habits of procrastination
• undisciplined sex
• wasting money
• substance abuse
• foul language
• boredom
• false perfectionism
• jealousy
• envy of others

(after Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 26 November)
5 December 2012

Work Smart

I will work smart today. I will take my time and get whatever help I need. I will also do what I can for myself. (Karen Casey, Keepers Of The Wisdom, 3 October)

There are too many things to do and not enough time to do them all. (Edith Huey in Keepers Of The Wisdom by Karen Casey, 4 October)

I am willing to do the work I need to do to learn more about myself. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 16 October)

Today, this very day, why don't you think of something that takes a bit of extra time to do and do it. (A Gentle Spirit, 22 September)
24 October 2012

Don't Idle

For every idle person there is another person who works too much. For every person who eats to excess, there is another person somewhere who is hungry. (Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar Of Wisdom, 25 September) 13 October 2012

World Economy

(Melva with her latest quilt)

Currently the economy is bad in many countries, which forces people to work extra hours to make ends meet.  Why does it surprise us to realize that stress, depression, heart problems, and burnout now characterize people in our world? (The Upper Room Disciplines - 2003, 20 July) 5 April 2012

Silence

We need silence in our lives 

to think, 

to work, 

to create, 

to rest.

(Eric V. Copage, Black Pearls, 24 November)

20 December 2011

Passing Your Passwords

Watching television is the favorite leisure activity or rather inactivity for millions of people around the world. (Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, p. 230)

Lazy people can think up many excuses not to work and nothing anybody says will do them any good. (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 425)

******

Riddle me this.

Why would a politician let his staff members have access to his social networking accounts?

Maybe he is just dumb or too lazy to actually post his own comments. Give someone else your passwords at your own risk.

Mr. Dickie
2/Jun/2011 8:39

Who's Who?

We cannot all be famous or be listed in "Who's Who," but every person, great or small, has important work to do. (Helen Steiner Rice, From The Heart, 5 April) 6/May/2011 7:54