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In an interview with George Plimpton in The Paris Review, author E. L. Doctorow was talking about the discipline of writing, but the point can be made for just about any discipline. It is important to realize that we cannot always see the end from the beginning. We must use discipline to keep at a task…

Some Japanese people are having plastic surgery to alter their palms. Since they believe that the lines on their palms govern their lives, they are turning to a simple 10-minute $10,000 operation to change their fate. Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, July 26, 2013 p. 12 ISA 44:15-17 HCSB It…

Orator, attorney, and political leader William Jennings Bryan said, “Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

Phillips Brooks, writer of the song, “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” remarked, “When you discover you’ve been leading only half a life, the other half is going to haunt you until you develop it.”

A little girl was supposed to take her birth certificate to school. Her mother had solemnly warned her not to lose it because of its tremendous importance. But lose it she did. Later she was sitting on the steps of the schoolhouse, crying. The janitor asked her what was wrong. She replied, “I lost my…

Americans crave the right to choose. We revere our autonomy. We don’t want to participate in a predetermined plot; we want to create our own future. We are the masters of our own destiny—the captain of our ship. No one else is allowed at the helm. The entertainment industry bears out the American preference…