Determine to be great!

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are only great if they are determined to be so. - Charles de Gaulle
* 위대한 사람 없이는 어떤 위대한 것도 성취될 수 없다. 사람은 위대해지고자 결심해야만 그렇게 될 수 있다.

#10. "인간은 너무나 쉽게 꿈을 포기한다.
그러나 우주는 늘 인간이 꿈을 이루도록 도와줄 준비가 되어 있다."-파울로 코엘료
-출처: 톰 버틀러 보던, <내 인생의 탐나는 자기계발 50(50 Self-help Classics)>, pp.1-88.

#3. 상대방과 같은 시선으로 세상을 바라볼 수 있도록 진심으로 노력하라.
상대의 기분을 이해하는 순간,
상대는 당신의 모든 말에 귀를 기울일 것이다."-데일 카네기

#4. "당신이 대화를 나누는 사람은 당신이나 당신의 문제보다는 그들 자신과 자신의
요구, 자신의 문제에 백배나 많은 관심을 갖고 있다는 사실을 명심하라.
누군가의 치통은 백만 명의 목숨을 앗아간 중국의 굶주림보다 당사자에게
더 큰 의미를 지닌다.
그 사람의 목에 난 종기 하나는 아프리카에서 발생한 40여 차례의 지진보다
큰 관심의 대상이다. 누군가와 대화를 나눌 때 항상 이 점을 명심하라."-데일 카네기

Persist through CRAP!

One of the TED talk was Secrets of Success in 8 Words and the speaker stated that you gotta persist through CRAP (Criticism, Rejection, Assholes, Pressures).

Quote from Caesar

“누구나 모든 현실을 볼 수 있는 것은 아니다. 대부분 자기가 보고 싶어하는 현실 밖에 보이지 않는다” - 로마의 왕, 카이사르 -

Caesar once said that "Not everyone can see all realities in life. Most of us can only see what we want to see" according to Knowyoume.com:)

That is so true. I have seen things that I want to see. I have tried to disregard things that irritate me or things that I don't like. Lord, help me listen what You want me to see not the ones that I want to see. Amen.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

do not talk behind his back

If you can't talk in front of the person, do not talk behind his back.

Do not harden your hearts

"Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion."

get rid of a sinful, unbelieving heart

²See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. ¹³But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.

He knows my temptations!

¹⁸Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Luke 5

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

I can escape from temptations!

Here is the evidence in the Bible which gives me reason to escape.

Hebrews 2: 18
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

March 3, 2009

A quote from Rachel Getting Married "The measure of a great life is not how well-loved you are, but how well you love others."