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Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp
by John Marks Templeton
Templeton Press, 1994
Paper: 978-0-8264-0861-7
Paper: 978-0-8264-0861-7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword by Norman Vincent Peale
Introduction by John Marks Templeton
A : The golden rule
B : Listen to learn
C : It is better to love than to be loved
D : Thanksgiving leads to having more to give thanks for
E : You cannot be lonely if you help the lonely
"A : You are sought after if you reflect love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control"
B : A smile breeds a smile
C : None knows the weight of another's burden
"D : Agape given grows, wape hoarded dwindles"
E : A measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere
A : Giving friendship is more rewarding than giving luxuries
B : Love given is love received
C : Laws of life guide your actions and reactions
D : Pray without ceasing
E : The impossible is the untried
A : I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him
"B : Success is a journey, not a destination"
C : An attitude of gratitude creates blessings
D : Enthusiasm is contagious
E : You fear what you do not understand
A : Love has the patience to endure the fault we cannot cure
B : Nothing can bring you peace but yourself
C : The unexamined life is not worth living
"D : Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul"
E : You are only as good as your word
A : Where there's a will there's a way
B : The borrower is servant to the lender
C : There is no limit in the universe
D : A loving person lives in a loving world
E : Count your blessings and you will have an attitude of gratitude
A : We learn more by welcoming criticism than by rendering judgment
B : Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it
"C : When the one great scorekeeper comes, he counts not whether you won or lost but how you played the game"
"D : We tend to find what we look for: good or evil, problems or solutions"
E : Fill every unforgiving moment with sixty seconds of distance run
A : Every ending is a new beginning
B : The only way to have a friend is to be a friend
C : Man is what he believes
D : The dark of night is not the end of the world
E : Revenge is devilish and forgiveness is saintly
"A : Helpfulness, not wilf!ullness, brings rewards"
B : Birds of a feather flock together
C : Crime doesn't pay
D : You can make opposition work for you
E : Small attempts repeated will complete any undertaking
A : No one knows what he can do until he tries
"B : 'Tis the part of the wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket"
C : Thoughts are things
"D : As within, so without"
E : A stitch in time saves nine
A : Perseverence makes the difference between success and defeat
B : The secret of a productive life can be sought and found
C : Enthusiasm breeds achievement
D : The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world
E : It is better to praise than to criticize
A : Laughter is the best medicine
B : Progress depends on diligence and perseverence
C : Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly light
D : Love conquers all things
"E : If you do not know what you want to achieve with your life, you may not achieve much"
A : The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention
B : Everyone and everything around you is your teacher
C : Hitch your wagon to a star
D : The price of greatness is responsibility
E : Good words are worth much and cost little
A : You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem
"B : Happy relationships depend not on finding the right person, but in being the right person"
C : We receive freely when we give freely
D : The truth will make you free
"E : If you would find gold, you must search where gold is"
"A : Habit is the best of servants, the worst of masters"
B : Man cannot discover new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore
"C : Men are punished by their sins, not for them"
D : Accentuate the positive; eliminate the negative
E : Forgiving uplifts the forgiver
A : The light of understanding dissolves the phantoms of fear
B : It's better to lead than to push
C : Make yourself necessary to the world and mankind will give you bread
D : Love is something if you give it away
E : Thoughts held in mind produce after their kind
A : Progress requires change
B : Chance favors the prepared
C : A good reputation is more valuable than money
D : Your life becomes what you think
"E : To err is human, to forgive is divine"
A : What is of all things most yielding can overcome that which is the most hard
"B : The seven deadly sins are: pride, lust, sloth, envy, anger, covetousness and gluttony"
C : Never do anything that you'll have to punish yourself for
D : It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
"E : To be forgiven, we must first forgive"
A : Reverse the word EVIL and you have the word LIVE
"B : He who has a why for which to live, can bear with almost any how"
"C : If at first you don't succeed, try, try again"
D : The family that prays together stays together
E : There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something
A : Lost time is never found again
"B : When you rule your mind, you rule your world"
C : Happiness comes from spiritual wealth not material wealth
"D : Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled"
"E : By giving, you grow"
A : Enthusiasm facilitates achievement
B : You have the most powerful weapons on earth--love and prayer
C : No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
D : Who gossips to you will gossip of you
E : Find a need and fill it
"A : If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking"
"B : No person was ever honored for what he received, but for what he gave"
C : World progress needs entrepreneurs
D : Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities
E : Give blessings
A : The seeds of destruction are sown in anger
B : You make yourself and others suffer just as much when you take offense as when you give offense
C : There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer
D : The wise person looks within his heart and finds eternal peace
E : Be prepared
A : You are on the road to success if you realize that failure is only a detour
"B : Thanksgiving leads to giving and forgiving, and to spiritual growth"
C : Give credit and help to all who have helped you
D : Self-control leads to success
E : Your thoughts are like boomerangs
"A : Often, a pat on the back works better than a kick in the pants"
"B : A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger"
C : Little things mean a lot
D : To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have
E : Honesty is the best policy
A : It is always darkest before the dawn
B : Healthy minds tend to cause healthy bodies and vice versa
C : To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it
"D : What the mind can conceive, it may achieve"
"E : Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important"
A : The pen is mightier than the sword
B : Wisdom is born of mistakes; confront error and learn
C : Great heroes are humble
D : You create your own reality
E : A task takes as long as there is time to do it
A : Procrasthiation is the thief of time
"B : If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all"
C : You can build your own heaven or hell on earth
D : Beauty is but skin deep
"E : Worry is a rocking chair that gives you something to do, but never gets you anywhere"
A : Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it
B : Where there is no vision the people perish
C : The greatness is not in me; I am in the greatness
D : Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone
"E : If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained"
A : Self-control wins the race
B : Love thy neighbor as thyself
C : Freedom is a fact of life
D : Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom
"E : Thanksgiving, not complaining, attracts people to you"
A : Ask not what you can expect of life; ask what life expects of you
B : A man can fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame others
C : A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder
D : Beautiful thoughts build a beautiful soul
E : A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes
A : Seeking entertainment prevents greatness
"B : What you resist, you draw to yourself"
C : All sunshine makes a desert
D : Comparisons give us cancer of the soul
"E : Whether you thlnk you can or not, you are right"
A : Use wisely your power of choice
B : Work is love made visible
C : No man is free who is not master of himself
"D : By choosing your thoughts, you can create either hell or heaven on earth"
E : The greatest charity is to help a person change from being a receiver to being a giver
A : Leave no stone unturned
B : What we focus on expands
C : By free will each of us is a co-creator in life
D : Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure
"E : If you can't say something good, then don't say anything"
A : Give the extra ounce
B : Success feeds on itself and creates more success
C : Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
D : The things that are seen are temporal; but the things that are not seen are eternal
E : What is done is done
"A : It is not so much ours to set the world right, rather it is ours to see it rightly"
B : We can become bitter or better as a result of our experiences
C : We carry within us the wonders we seek without us
D : Misfortunes can be blessings
"E : Happiness pursued, eludes; happiness given, returns"
A : No one's education is ever complete
B : Failing to plan is planning to fail
C : By their fruits you shall know them
"D : Instead of cynicism, try optimism"
E : Tithing often brings prosperity and honor
A : The shadow of ignorance is fear
"B : Imitate that person in history whom you admire most, after you list the reasons why you admire that person"
C : You can be either part of the problem or part of the solution
D : Learn mind control
E : Use it or lose it
"A : It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice"
B : Those who seldom make mistakes seldom make discoveries
C : The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he would never be found out
D : Change your mind to change your life
E : You get back what you give out
A : Minds are like parachutes--they only function when they are open
B : Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you've always done things
C : Holding onto grievances is a decision to suffer
D : It is more rewarding to give than to receive
E : Love the unlovable
Index
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