I Believe

Although I may not walk with kings, let me be big in little things.

Be wisely world, not worldly wise.

Complete the most important things first; it is usually the best course of action.

Do a good deed every day if you can; peace and joy will come if we accept God’s plan.

Do not evaluate each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Every ass loves to hear himself bray.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

Everybody eventually surrenders to something or someone.

Few people are modest enough to be content to be estimated at their true value.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

It is your point of view that decides what you see.

Jesus paid a debt He did not owe because we owed a debt we could not pay.

No life is pleasing to God that is not useful and beneficial to people.

No work, however humble, dishonors a person.

Nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give.

Reputation is what people think of us; character is what God knows of us.

Secret to success: “Do unto others as you would have done unto you.”

Sin cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Spiritual hunger is never satisfied with material food.

Statistics are like a bikini: what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

Success comes in cans. Failure comes in can’ts.

Talkers are no good doers.

Teachers affect eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops.

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

The soul, like the body, lives by what if feeds on.

There is a price to pay for rebellion and immoral behavior—negative consequences are guaranteed.

There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven.

To be wronged is an unending problem if we continue to remember it.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

We must be strong and carry on.

We must make it a point to help rather than condemn those who do not abide in God’s Word.

Will the road you are on get you to my place? —God.

Worldly pleasures of our choosing can crowd God out of our lives.

Self-reflection is always a good exercise. What I believe is a work in progress, not limited to these statements and subject to change. What do YOU believe?

Daniel Taddeo

Longtime Parma Hts. resident and educator in the Parma School district.

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Volume 8, Issue 2, Posted 9:53 PM, 02.02.2016