If you can strike fear into the heart of a man, you have already gone far toward destroying his effectiveness. Fear is a paralyzer of people and is no doubt a “secret weapon” of Satin...
In addition to the false fears that destroy the effectiveness of men (Many of which are vainly imagined and are without substance), it must also be admitted that there are fears which are not...
Sometimes we hear someone shrug off a puzzling or disappointing situation with the comment, “What will it matter a hundred years from now?” This may be just a causal way of by-passing...
Perhaps most of us had the experience of looking down form great heights, or of peering into deep chasms, to find that we seem somehow to be drawn towards the abyss—in our thoughts and feelings, if...
Repentance is a subject that is sometimes shunned. But repentance is a very practical principle and plays a very important part in human progress. This is so because, in a sense, no man moves...
If we make a mistake and sincerely repent we expect to be forgiven. But there are some who seem to expect to be forgiven an unlimited number of times and to have all manner of errors corrected and...
Every generation has its foibles and its practices of self-deception, one of which, certainly, is the mislabeling of things⎯calling them something other than what they are, and hoping that somehow...
There comes to mind a three-word phrase—Glorifying the Mediocre—which is indicative of a practice whereby young and old are schooled in a world of unreality. In its mildest forms, in casual...
Reputations are built on many factors − some of them seemingly unpredictable. Many men have become known for things for which they would never have chosen to be known. Men of many talents sometimes...
Legends of discovery ever hold their fascination. Indeed, every age is an age of discovery⎯sometimes the discovery of places where men have never walked before, and sometimes the discovery of things...
Not infrequently one sees the spectacle of a bewildered dog running loose in a crowd, harassed by calls and whistles coming from all directions, in response to which the animal dodges her and there...
A line from Shakespeare had Richard III say, “My kingdom for a horse.” This has far-reaching implications in the pattern of human behavior. When a man needs something, or thinks he does,...
One of the most difficult tasks that confronts parents is to pass on to their children an appreciation of what has gone into the making of the home they enjoy. Driven by necessity, and through the...
“What is there illustrious that is not attended by labor?” Thus spoke an ancient philosopher. History does not record, nor does scripture, that the Lord God excepted anyone when He...
If we may judge the future by the past, when important issues are being aired, we may expect heat to be generated and rumors to be started. We may expect to hear much calling of names and much...
The institutions of men confer a great many honors, titles, degrees, and awards of one kind or another. Organizations may issue credentials, recognitions and marks of merit⎯all of which are in one...
“Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.” This, from Proverbs, suggests comment on a law of privilege and responsibility. Every...
Benjamin Franklin once wrote: “There are numbers who, perhaps, fear less the being in hell that out of fashion.” And while we have often attempted to lay the charge at the feet of women,...