You will know them by their fruits.~ The Holy Bible~Matthew 7:17

"People often think because you are who you are, or you have finally "made it," that somehow pain is removed from your life. It's not true. In my ministry, I have never known a time where I am not suffering the pain of something, whether it be emotional conflict, financial difficulties, pain in my body, etc.. I am always nailed to something. That is the way it is for the Christian. For everyone." T. D. Jakes

What you are will show in what you do. Thomas Edison

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. ~Winston Churchill

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.~Author Unknown

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. 
Eleanor Roosevelt 

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.~Maya Angelou

Of two evils, choose neither.~Author Unknown

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard ~ Washington Irving

The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction. - Charles Hadden Spurgeon

Truth is the best vindication against slander. ~Abraham Lincoln

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.~Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Great minds talk about ideas, Average minds talk about things, Small minds talk about other people. ~ Unknown

None can be called deformed but the unkind. Shakespeare

Perseverance is a producer! ~ Karen Steward

Betrayal is the truth finally spoken. ~ Neal Walsh 

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. 
~Dalai Lama 

When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends immediately.  It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm. ~ Dan Heist

The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
~ Maya Angelou

Life your life in such a way the preacher won't have to tell lies at your funeral.~Jack Borden

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.~Author Unknown

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.  ~Raymond Hull

My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.  ~Louis Adamic