... a literal way. By doing that he showed an earnestness that touched all who knew him. It’s like a college president that Robert E. Speer tells about. Several years ago, says Speer, he was being entertained by this president of a small college in the South ... one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.” 1. William B. Irvine, On Desire: Why We Want What We Want (Kindle Edition). 2. Gilbert Brim, Ambition (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), p. 78. 3. Timeless Wisdom ...
... the wear and tear on their knees from too much praying. And it is sad. Where there is no prayer there is no power. Irvin Jacob Goodwin tells of spending the Christmas season, in 1944, in a place called Ankang in what is now the People's Republic of China ... out to people. Political parties reach out. Civic Clubs reach out. Certainly businesses reach out. At the end of World War II, Robert Woodruff, president of Coca Cola declared, "In my generation it is my desire that everyone in the world have a taste of ...
... their time wisely. In fact a recent brain study by psychologist Richard Haier of the University of California at Irvine confirmed that smart thinkers are not necessarily working hard even at their thinking. Haier injected subjects with mildly radioactive ... to get most of the answers right. There really does seem to be something to the idea of working smarter, not harder. (2) As Robert M. Hutchins has said, "It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about important things." THE TEACHINGS OF ...
... the world was created, you and I were chosen to be Christians--that we were predestined for sainthood--that we had no say in our own salvation? That has been a troublesome question for many Christians. Senator Sam Irvin used to tell a story about Major Robert Lewis Dabney, a Presbyterian minister, who served as chief chaplain under Confederate General Stonewall Jackson in the Civil War. Every sermon Dabney preached to Jackson's men had the same theme: predestination. He assured these soldiers that the ...
