Darrell J. Pursiful

Sunday Inspiration: Goals

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
—Michelangelo

Sunday Inspiration: Flames of Achievement

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
—Golda Meir

Sunday Inspiration: School and Life

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.
—Tom Bodett

Sunday Inspiration: The Deepest Wisdom

The deepest wisdom man can attain is to know that his destiny is to aid, to serve.
—Abraham Heschel

Sunday Inspiration: Empathy and Understanding

One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.
—Charles M. Blow

Sunday Inspiration: Change

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
—Maya Angelou

Sunday Inspiration: Humility

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.
—Albert Einstein

Sunday Inspiration: A Sense of Indebtedness

Endless wonder unlocks an innate sense of indebtedness. Within our awe there is no place for self-assertion. Within our awe we only know that all we own we owe. The world consists not of things, but of tasks.
—Abraham Heschel

Sunday Inspiration: Creativity

Creativity is the residue of time wasted.
—Albert Einstein

Sunday Inspiration: A Will to Wonder

Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.
—Abraham Heschel

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