Thought for the day...

Virtue is moral practice or action, moral excellence; rectitude; valor; chastity. The seven virtues are:

1. Prudence; the ability to govern and discipline one’s self by the exercise of reason.

2. Fortitude; strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage. It is the possession of the stamina essential to face that which repels or frightens one, or to put up with the hardships of a task imposed. It implies triumph. Synonyms are grit, backbone, pluck and guts.

3. Temperance; habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites and passion.

4. Justice; the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action; also conformity to this principle or ideal; intregrity.

5. Faith; trust in God.

6. Hope; the desire with expectation of obtaining what is desired, or belief that it is obtainable.

7. Charity; the act of loving all men as brothers because they are sons of God. It stresses benevolence and goodwill in giving and in the broad understanding of others with kindly tolerance.

 

Exemplification of true faith consists of acts of kindness and love for one’s fellow men, not mere formal prayers uttered by rote.

You have a tendency to see what you want to see.

To hear does not necessarily imply attention or application. To listen always does.

 

Knowledge does not make you successful. But application of the knowledge will. Action!


Sow an action and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny. William James


You are what your habits make you and you can choose your habits.

 

DO IT NOW!

Success must be continually practiced, or it will take wings and fly away.

Hope is a desire with the expectation of obtaining what is desired and belief that it is obtainable. A person consciously reacts to that which to him is desirable, believable and attainable.

 

There are ten basic motives which inspire all thoughts, all voluntary actions. No one ever does anything without having been motivated to do it. Here are the ten:

1. The desire for Self Preservation
2. The emotion of Love
3. The emotion of Fear
4. The emotion of Sex
5. The desire for Life after Death
6. The desire for Freedom of body and mind
7. The emotion of Anger
8. The emotion of Hate
9. The desire for Recognition and Self Expression
10. The desire for Material Gain

 

Emotions are controlled through the combination of reason and action.

While your emotions are not always immediately subject to reason, nonetheless they are immediately subject to action.

Keep your mind on the things you do want and not on the things you don’t want.

 

Benjamin Franklin’s list of virtues:

1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

3. Order: Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself, that is, waste nothing.

6. Industry: Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.

7. Sincerity: Use no harmful deceit; think innocently and justly and if you speak, speak accordingly.

8. Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

9. Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.

11. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents, common or unavoidable.

12. Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of
your own or another’s reputation.

13. Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.