Jim Stovall Quotes

the desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning.

Only when we try to understand one another's suffering can we begin to bring each other joy.

things in this life can be separated into two categories: Things that are valuable and things that matter.

A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself.

You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything ... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.

Faith is all that dreamers need to see into the future.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.

Sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.

I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and emotional trauma of a serious illness even though they may never fully regain their physical capabilities. Which is the greater healing? Which is the better recovery? If I had the option of choosing between a mediocre life with eyesight or the life I have today, even though I am blind, I'd stay blind and keep the life I have.

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.

I finally know that joy does not come from avoiding a problem or having someone else deal with it for you. Joy comes from overcoming a problem or simply learning to live with it while being joyful.

Being successful is a choice and, therefore, being defeated is a decision.

A journey should never be judged by the destination or mode of transportation. It should be judged by the friends who accompany us on the trip.

You will hear your heartbeat again when your life is in rhythm, and there is no doubt that you're doing what you were made to do. That's your heartbeat; that's when you're truly alive and not just existing" I

The only way to truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away.

In the end, a person is only know by the impact he or she has on others.
The Gift of Work: He who loves his work never labors.
The Gift of Money: Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simple be idle.
The Gift of Friends: It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.
The Gift of Learning: Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel. The desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning.
The Gift of Problems: Problems can only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment can only be gained by experiencing life's problems.
The Gift of Family: Some people are born into wonderful families. Others have to find or create them. Being a member of a family is a priceless privilege which costs nothing but love.
The Gift of Laughter: Laughter is good medicine for the soul. Our world is desperately in need of more such medicine.
The Gift of Dreams: Faith is all that dreamers need to see into the future.
The Gift of Giving: The only way you can truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away. One of the key principles in giving, is that the gift must be yours to give-either something you earned or created or maybe, simply, part of yourself.
The Gift of Gratitude: In those times when we yearn to have more in our lives, we should dwell on the things we already have. In doing so, we will ofte

He who loves his work never labors.

Love is a treasure for which we can never pay. The only way we keep it is to give it away.

Laughter is good medicine for the soul. Our world is desperately in need of more medicine.

If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.

When we help one another, everybody wins.

Somehow love from the past can be felt in the present and accompany us on our journey into the future.

Problems may only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment may only be gained by experiencing life's problems.

Any discussion of money and success would be lacking if I did not state that money is neither good nor bad. In the hands of good people, money can build places of healing, worship, and learning. In the hands of bad people, money can create destruction, disease, and death.

Showing Respect Is not Slavery ... and Must Be Taught

When we can learn from our own problems, we begin to deal with life. When we can learn from other people's problems, we begin to master life.