“No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.” – Sir Archibald Wavell
We need great leaders, and we need great followers.
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in“No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.” – Sir Archibald Wavell
We need great leaders, and we need great followers.
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in“Nowadays people seem to imagine that impartiality means readiness to treat lies and truth the same, to hold white as bad as black and black as good as white. I, on the contrary, believe that without integrity a man had much better not approach a problem at all.” – Orde Charles Wingate
No words to add – this is just perfect.
17 Saturday Feb 2018
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inThe prompt for this week’s Five Minute Friday timed assignment is “Why”, and while I am not up to writing much (smoke inhalation, atop all else…oh, yes, this is Andrew Budek-Schmeisser), I could contribute something.
Click on the letter, and enjoy.
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31 Tuesday Oct 2017
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inThe thirty-first and last prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is rest.
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
Today’s pain is tomorrow’s glory.
30 Monday Oct 2017
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inThe thirtieth prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is refine.
“We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.” – Henry David Thoreau
We can only find nobility in Christ.
30 Monday Oct 2017
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inThe twenty-ninth prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is follow.
“I follow three rules: do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.” – Lou Holtz
I’d add one more: offer up what you do to the Almighty.
28 Saturday Oct 2017
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inThe twenty-eighth prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is connect.
“I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.” – B. B. King
The worthy goal of any artist, whatever the medium.
27 Friday Oct 2017
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inThe twenty-seventh prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is overcome.
“Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.” – Danny Meyer
You can’t keep conflict at arm’s length.
26 Thursday Oct 2017
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inThe twenty-sixth prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is change.
“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett.
Wrong, Carol. God can.
25 Wednesday Oct 2017
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inThe twenty-fifth prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is because.
“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Your smile can light a room; imagine how Jesus’ smile lights the universe!
24 Tuesday Oct 2017
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inThe twenty-third prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is revise.
“It’s never to late – in fiction or in life – to revise.” – Nancy Thayer
We have a God of second chances.
24 Tuesday Oct 2017
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inThe twenty-third prompt in Five Minute Friday’s #write31days is work.
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” – Jonas Salk
And it’s the best reward.