Show respect to people, even when they don't deserve it. Respect is a reflection of your character, not theirs.
03077 – Show Respect, Period!
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02988 – Patriotism
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
02891 – Jesus Loves Me
My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
02545 – Read Top Down, Then Bottom Up
I'm very uglySo don't try to convince me thatI am a very beautiful personBecause at the end of the dayI hate myself in every single wayAnd I'm not going to lie to myself by sayingThere is beauty inside of me that mattersSo rest assured I will remind myselfThat I am a...
02209 – Pride Slays Thanksgiving
Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
01982 – Becoming the True You
I’ve come to see that the call of God, the love that bids us welcome, is always a call to become the true you. Not a doormat. The true you. Not an imitation of someone else. The true you: someone made in the image of God, deserving of and receiving love. The ability...
01815 – Denying Freedom to Others
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, can not long retain it.
01533 – Try Love, Not Judging
Nothing reaches people like being loved when they least deserve it; and nothing pushes people away like being judged when they don't. from Drop the Stones: When Love Reaches the Unlovable
01415 – Who Do I Deserve?
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
01322 – Quit Complaining!
Life is about learning to quit complaining about everything. Or as Jack Benny said, "I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either." When we come to realize that life is a series of events--good, bad, and indifferent--we will learn...