Category: Character

Greatness

“Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige.  It is discovered in goodness, humility, service and character.”  ~William Arthur Ward How great are you? Are you good? Are you humble? Are you serving others? Are you the person people think you are and who you say you are? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 2 Peter 1:5-9,…

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Parent Challenge

“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”  ~H. Jackson Brown Jr. …and if you’ve been unfair and acted short of integrity in the past there is no better time to change than now… P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 28:6, “Better is a poor man who walks in integrity than…

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Listening

“God calls and you do not hear, for you are pre-occupied with your own voice.”  ~A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles was published in 1976.  You have to believe if it was published today, the quote above would read: God calls and you do not hear,  for you are pre-occupied with social and…

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Wondering Fool

“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”  ~Benjamin Disraeli I don’t know about you but I have this committee in my head that loves to call “meetings to order” to make me wonder.  Often times wonder turns to worry and worry to mental paralysis. I’m best able to change the agenda of those meetings when…

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Self Respect

“Self-respect is the root of discipline:  The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”  ~Abraham Heschel This is so true. What are you needing to say no to? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.  Proverbs 25:28 (NIV)

Echo

Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you. Remember, life is an echo.  It always gets back to you. So give goodness. ~Unknown P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived:  God cannot be mocked, …

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Integrity

“Integrity has no need of rules.”  ~Albert Camus I’m sure you’ve heard various definitions of integrity with one of my favorites coming from Will Rogers; “Lead your life so you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.” An integrity quote I utilize quite often comes from Henry Cloud’s book Integrity; “The ability to…

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Invest in Personal Growth

“Don’t waste your time trying to become something you aren’t, invest your time becoming more than you are.”  ~JJM Comparing ourselves to others and trying to be something we are not wired to be is the best way to become a lot less than our Maker created us to be. Just a thought. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com…

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Daily focalPOINT – Integrity and Knowledge*

“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”  ~Samuel Johnson Nuff said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com “Proverbs 11:3, “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.”  (ESV)

What are You Running From?*

“You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.”  ~Rwandan Proverb Living from the inside-out is the best way to overcome having to feel as though you are running from what is inside of you.  For years I lived from the outside in allowing other people, places and…

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