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Sacred vs. Secular

Correcting improper sacred vs. secular distinctions: An accomplished European opera singer was complimented on his excellent voice by some fellow Christians. They further exhorted him that he should be using his voice for the Lord, in the church, rather than in the theater. Knowing that one of the group was a Postman, he retorted, "Then do you only deliver mail to Christians?"

An Opera Singer Who Sings Outside the Church

Correcting improper sacred vs. secular distinctions concerning work: An accomplished European opera singer was complimented on his excellent voice by some fellow Christians. They further exhorted him that he should be using his voice for the Lord, in the church, rather than in the theater. Knowing that one of the group was a Postman, he retorted, "Then do you only deliver mail to Christians?" ? Copyright 2002 Steve Miller - All Rights Reserved

Julia Child Starts Cooking

It's never too late to start something new: "I was thirty-two when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate." ? Julia Child

On the Right Track?

Even if you?re on the right track, you?ll get run over if you just sit there. --Will Rogers, American Humorist

Blurring Work and Play

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. -- Arnold Toynbee

The Good of Being Forced to Work

Thank God - every morning when you get up - that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you a hundred virtues which the idle never know. --Charles Kingsley

Work as Life's Greatest Prize

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. -Theodore Roosevelt, former US President

Here Lived a Great Street Sweeper

If a man is called to be a street sweeper he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or as Beethoven composed music or as Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ?Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.? -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Osler on Success

The very first step toward success in any job is to become interested in it. William Osler

Love Your Job

Nobody can be successful if he doesn?t love his work, love his job. David Sarnoff, RCA

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