When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. -Mark Twain

I have heard that if a rattlesnake is cornered, it can become so frenzied that it will accidentally bite itself with its deadly fangs. In the same way, when a person harbors hatred and resentment in his heart, he is often hurt by the poison of his own malice. He thinks he is injuring his

Thomas Jefferson said "When angry, count to 10; when very angry count to 100." Mark Twain changed it and said, "When angry, count to 4; when very angry, swear." -Sermons Illustrated July/August 1990  

Who is responsible for what decisions around the home? A USA Today survey asked 4,500 men and women. The answers: Women are responsible for: Deciding what's for dinner and then preparing it Managing the household budget Raising the children Men an

Not long ago newspapers carried a misleading story. The story was that a machine had beaten a man at the game of chess. That is not really true. A chess champion did play against a computer. That's true. And the computer won. That's true. But it took five computer programmers and a chess

A study once disclosed that if both Mom and Dad attend church regularly, 72% of their children remain faithful. If only Dad, 55% remain faithful. If only Mom, 15%. If neither attended regularly, only 6% remain faithful. The statistics speak for themselves - the example of parents and adul

At a flower shop in rural West Virginia, Campbell's Creek, an isolated mining hollow, the owner is a chap named Bill Grayolis, 41. A while back Mr. Grayolis lost weight and whispers started around town that he had AIDS. And then there were some graffiti and there were threats, he was labe

"A child's mind is like a bank - whatever you put in, you get back in 10 years, with interest." -Frederick Wertham

In the nineteenth century in Lancashire, England there was a common superstition regarding New Year's Day. If a light haired man, or any female, was the first to enter the house that morning it would bring bad luck all year long. There developed then a custom of dark haired men going form

In Ziggy, the little fellow is bouncing up and down and saying: "You only go around once…but you can bounce back as many times as you like!" Of course the story of most great men and women is marked by the fact that they bounced back. Some bounced back from physical injuries or limi