Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.
Interpretation
Seek honesty and authenticity in communication rather than simply pleasing others.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being truthful and authentic when communicating with others. It suggests that before expressing our thoughts, we should reflect internally to ensure that we are sharing sincere insights rather than just what we think will be agreeable or flattering to our audience. Authenticity fosters deeper connections and understanding.
In practice
In a motivational speech about integrity, this quote can inspire others to be honest.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
To preach the gospel is to stae every doctrine contained in God's word, and to give every truth its proper prominence.
With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought.
Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed if you stay focused, then you learn your lessons.
I was reading an article in the 'New York Times;' it talked about being in the zone, and being in the zone you're so focused that time ceases to exist. It's when you think, 'Oh, I've been doing this for five hours and didn't even know it.' It's the difference between hard work and going, '12 o'clock, not moving.'
Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
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