Proverbs 27:1-2
Quotes:
Frank Lloyd Wright: “The space within becomes the reality of the building.”
Adam Grant: “Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.”
Proverbs 26:27
Quotes
Herbie Hancock: “It’s part of life to have obstacles. It’s about overcoming obstacles; that’s the key to happiness.”
Michael Jordan: “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
Ryan Holiday: “Consider this mind-set. Never in a hurry. Never worried. Never desperate. Never stopping short.”
How do you fuel your life?
Proverbs 26:20-21
1 John 4:7 - “Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God.”
Quotes
Robert Browning: “Love is energy of life.”
How do you have less stress?
Proverbs 26:17-19
Quotes
William James: “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
Epictetus: “Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.”
Buddha: “Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.”
How do you respond when people seem clueless about things?
Proverbs 26:4-5
Another way to hear Proverbs
Don’t answer people who are clueless with more stupidity, or you will become a fool yourself.
Answer fools with a common sense that resists their rubbish, or they will deem themselves wise.
Quotes
Voltaire says: “Common sense is not so common.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson says: “Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”
Marcus Aurelius says: “You always own the option of having no opinion.”
Proverbs 25:26-28
Quotes
Albert Einstein: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
Euripides: “The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.”
Proverbs 25:21-22
Matthew 7:12
Matthew 22:39
Quotes
Dalai Lama: “In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.”
Thomas Paine: “He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.”
How can you have a positive impact on your community?
How can you be a positive influence on others?
Psalm 25:15
Quotes
Edmund Burke: “Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
Homer: “Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.”
Thomas Carlyle: “Endurance is patience concentrated.”
How do you not disappoint others?
Proverbs 25:14
Quotes
Ryan Reynolds: “When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.”
Robert Frost: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
C.S. Lewis: “Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.”
How do you not create more drama?
Proverbs 25:13
Quotes:
Buddha: “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.: “Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.”
How do you say the right thing at the right time?
Proverbs 25:11-12
Quotes
John Keating: “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”
Lao Tzu: “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
Rumi: “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
How do you not worry about the future?
Is it even possible to not worry about the future or is it just wishful thinking?
Marcus Aurelius: “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
Proverbs 24:13-14
How do you stay away from drama when people keep creating it?
How do you make sure you aren’t contributing to the drama?
Proverbs 24:5-6
Quotes:
Marcus Aurelius
“You always own the option of having no opinion.”
“There is never any need to get worked up about things you can’t control.”
How do you build a good life?
Do you ever feel stuck and wonder what it takes to build a good life?
Guided Prayer
Proverbs 24:3-4
St. Augustine: “Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
Confucius: “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
How do you say the right thing in tough situations?
Have you ever wanted to be helpful but you struggle with what to say?
Proverbs 22:17-18
Quotes:
Buddha: “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
Simon Sinek: “There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.”
Lao Tzu: “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
How do you have less stress when dealing with problems?
Proverbs 22:13
Quotes:
Williams James: “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
Amelia Earhart: “The difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.”
How do you find happiness when life isn’t great?
Guided Prayer
Proverbs 22:9
Quotes:
Dalai Lama: “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
Eleanor Roosevelt: “Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
Thomas Merton: “Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.”
Proverbs 22:9
Quotes:
Dalai Lama: “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
Eleanor Roosevelt: “Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
Thomas Merton: “Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.”
Do you ever feel stuck in life and are trying to figure out what it takes to get ahead?
Proverbs 22:1
Proverbs 21:5