11/25 屬天的平安

  • 主啊!當我的心靈被你觸動,默想你說不盡的恩慈,我肉體的重擔就減輕,思想的困擾就停止,短暫屬世的壓力也更輕省。我的心靈要有翅膀,無厭倦地向上飛翔,直達你恩惠的寶座。(聖奧古斯丁)
  • 神啊!你為你自己造了我們,除非我們的心安息在你裡面,否則它就沒有安息。(聖奧古斯丁)
  • 天父,當我們的心被你的思想喚醒時,不要讓它醒來像一隻驚恐的小鳥,倉皇飛竄;而像一個剛睡醒的小孩,帶著屬天的微笑。(祈克果)
  • 創造的主,求你使我雖棲身工廠、書房、或辦公室,不遺忘那碧綠的郊野,而迷戀城市的浮囂繁華。求你使我當晨光浮現、萬籟唱和時,不幽居鬱悶之中,面現瘁容。求你使我能因從你領受的正氣,而淬勵奮發,不在眾生中迷糊渡日,茍且偷安。(約翰.貝利)

11/11 Thanksgiving

  • 當我們表達感謝時,不要忘記最高的感激不是說什麼話,而是帶著感恩的心來生活。(甘迺迪總統)
    As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.(John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
  • 我為我所是和我所擁有的而感恩,我的感恩是恆久持續的。(亨利.梭羅)
    I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.(Henry David Thoreau)
  • 我們更多讚美,就會更少憂慮;感恩是不知足、不滿意的仇敵。
    We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.(Harry Ironside)
  • 我們的祈求與感謝必須是並行的,我們禱告時活潑跳躍,在讚美上卻跛足。(司布真) There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.(Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
  • 如果你一生中,惟一說出來的禱告是「謝謝你」,那也就夠了!
    If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.(Meister Eckhart,德國神學家、哲學家)
  • 感謝將會釋放出生命中的豐盛。
    Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.(Melody Beattie,美國作家)
  • 感恩卻不說出來,就像包好禮物,卻沒給出去一樣。
    Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.(William Arthur Ward,美國作家)
  • 我們必須找出時間,停一下,向那些在我們生命中帶來改變的人表達感恩。(甘迺迪總統)
    We must find the time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.(John F. Kennedy)

10/28 屬天安寧&聖本篤的祈禱

《屬天安寧》
美國神學家尼布爾有名的禱告:
神啊!請賜給我恩典,
讓我能以平靜沉穩的心來接受我不能改變的事,
賜我勇氣來改變我能改變的事,
並賜我智慧來分辨這二者。
每次只管一天地過生活,儘情享受當下這一刻。
視苦難為通往平安之必經途徑。
效法耶穌不照自己的意願,乃看清這罪惡世界的真相。
信靠你會將萬事安排妥當,只要我降服於你的旨意;
好使我能適度快樂地度過今生,而在來世與你同享無上福樂。
阿們。

《聖本篤的祈禱》
哦,慈悲的聖父,求賜給我們:
智慧來認識你,殷勤來尋求你,
能看見你的眼睛,能默想你的心,
以及宣揚你的生活。
藉聖靈的大能和我們的主耶穌基督。
阿們。
(阿們意思是:真誠的)

 

10/14 顧客服務──服務業金言

  • 不要嘗試告訴顧客他要什麼。你想變得聰明,就明智地去淋個浴,然後出門上班,服務顧客!
    Don’t try to tell the customer what he wants. If you want to be smart, be smart in the shower. Then get out, go to work, and serve the customer!(Gene Buckley)
  • 你最不快樂的顧客,就是你學習功課的最大來源。(比爾蓋茨)
    Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.(Bill Gates)
  • 對待顧客,像你想被對待的樣子。就醬!
    Treat the customer like you would want to be treated. Period!(Brad Schweig)
  • 優秀的顧客服務,是任何一個公司首要的職務!它是公司的定位,是顧客會再來的原因。沒有顧客就沒有公司!
    Excellent customer service is the number one job in any company! It is the personality of the company and the reason customers come back. Without customers there is no company!(Connie Elder)
  • 顧客服務的成功之鑰在於,當一位顧客離開時,他心裡想著:「哇!我喜歡跟這群人作生意,我要把這經驗跟別人分享。」
    The key is when a customer walks away, thinking “Wow, I love doing business with them, and I want to tell others about the experience.”(Shep Hyken)
  • 穿他們的鞋子走路。
    Put yourself in their shoes.(Jesse Harrison)
  • 常帶著感謝的心。
    Always have an attitude of gratitude.(James R. Nowlin)
  • 顧客服務不該是公司的一個部門,而應該是整個公司。
    Customer service should not be a department. It should be the entire company.(Tony Hsieh)
  • 花一些時間與顧客面對面談話,你將訝異於有那麼多公司從不聆聽他們顧客的心聲。
    Spend a lot of time talking to customers face-to-face. You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers.(Ross Perot)
  • 常常這樣開始話頭:您介意我請教幾個問題,好使我能更好地服務您嗎?
    Always begin with: So that I can better serve you, do you mind if I ask a few questions?(Jodie Shaw)

9/30 You Are Special

Quotes of Max Lucado, Author of《You Are Special》

  • 你不是意外產生的,你不是大批製造的成品,你不是從生產線出來的產品;你是精心設計出來的,被賦予特別的恩賜,是那位偉大的工匠大師以愛將你擺在地球上的。
    You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.
  • 神照你的本相愛你,但祂不願意你留在那樣的光景中,祂想要你像耶穌。
    God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.
  • 要指揮管弦樂團,你必須背對著群眾。
    To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.
  • 降低對地球的期望,這裡不是天堂,別期望它成為天堂。
    Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't Heaven, so don't expect it to be.
  • 再次成為小孩子吧,裝可愛、傻笑,將餅乾浸在牛奶裡,午睡一下,當你傷害到人時說聲對不起,去追逐一隻蝴蝶,再次成為小孩子吧。
    Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again.
  • 請記得,你是特別的,因為我創造了你,而我是不會出差錯的。
    Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don't make mistakes.

9/16 你很特別

《你很特別》作者路卡杜的金言雋語:

  • 一個女人的心,應該是那麼隱藏在神裡面,以致男人需要去尋求神,才能找到她。
    A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
  • 信仰,並不是相信神會成全你所願的,而是相信神會做正確的事。
    Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.
  • 你是神獨一的創造,神打碎模具來製作你。
    You are the only you God made... God made you and broke the mold.
  • 饒恕並給出去,如同那是你最後的機會;要像沒有明天一樣地去愛,倘若明天還是臨到,就再去愛。
    Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.
  • 饒恕是打開門,釋放某人得以自由,並意識到囚犯是你自己!
    Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!
  • 如果上帝有冰箱,你的照片會貼在上面;如果祂有個皮夾子,你的照片會放在裡面。每個春天,祂送花給你;每個清晨,祂賜你陽光。留心這件事吧,朋友,神為你而瘋狂!
    If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you!

9/2 藝術5

  • 如果一個人不是偉大的雕刻家或畫家,他就不可能成為一位建築師。如果他不是雕刻家或畫家,那麼他不過是一位蓋房子的人而已。
    No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. (John Ruskin)
  • 藝術使我們找到自己,但同時也使我們失去自己。(梅頓)
    Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.(Thomas Merton,《No Man Is an Island》)
  • 藝術將每天生活中,靈魂沾染到的灰塵洗除。(畢卡索)
    Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 藝術不是我們所看見的,而是我們使別人看見的。
    Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.(Edgar Degas,印象派畫家愛德加)
  • 藝術是世界上惟一嚴肅的東西;藝術家則是惟一從不嚴肅的人。(王爾德)
    Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.(Oscar Wilde)
  • 創意需要勇氣。(馬諦斯,法國畫家)
    Creativity takes courage. (Henri Matisse)

8/19 藝術4

  • 只要你能想像的東西,都是真實的。(畢卡索)
    Everything you can imagine is real.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 每個小孩都是藝術家;問題是他長大後,是否能繼續作個藝術家。(畢卡索)
    Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 繪畫是看得見過於去感受的詩;詩是看不見但能感受的繪畫。(達文西)
    Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.(Leonardo da Vinci)
  • 畫家應該先以塗滿黑色來開始在畫布上作畫;因為大自然的一切都是黑暗的,直到光來照亮它。(達文西)
    A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.(Leonardo da Vinci)
  • 藝術是個使我們能認知真理的謊言。(畢卡索)
    Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 我們所能有的最美妙的經歷,就是奧祕的經歷;它是站在真實藝術與真實科學的搖藍之間,基礎的情感。(愛因斯坦)
    The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.(Albert Einstein,《The World As I See It》)
  • 我夢著繪畫,我畫出我的夢。(梵谷)
    I dream my painting and I paint my dream.(Vincent Van Gogh)

8/5 藝術3

  • 在我們的想像中,這世界只是一塊畫布而已(梭羅,美國作家)。
    This world is but a canvas to our imagination.(Henry David Thoreau)
  • 創造力允許你犯一些錯,而藝術使你知道哪些要保留下來。
    Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.(Scott Adams,美國卡通畫家)
  • 如果你聽見你裡頭有聲音說:「你不會畫圖。」那麼你應該想辦法去畫,那個聲音就會靜默下來。(梵谷)
    If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.(Vincent Van Gogh)
  • 真實的藝術作品,只不過是神聖完全的影像。(米開蘭基羅)
    The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.(Michelangelo)
  • 有些畫家會將太陽變成一個黃色的區塊;另一些畫家則將一個黃色區塊變成太陽。(畢卡索)
    Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.(Pablo Picasso)
  • 我發現我能以色彩和形狀來表達無法以其他任何方式表達的事物──就是那些說不出來的事物。
    I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.(Georgia O'Keeffe,美國藝術家)
  • 藝術家貯藏著來自各方,來自天空、地球、碎紙片、一個閃現的形狀、蜘蛛網的情感。(畢卡索)
    The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.(Pablo Picasso)

7/22 藝術2

  • 起初你作畫,是因為你從世上的景物看見天堂。你的畫所以成功,乃是因為它使別人也看見天堂。起初你愛的是光本身,你愛繪畫是因為你把它當做表現光的一種方法。(魯益師C.S.Lewis,《The Great Divorce》)
  • 每一位詩人、音樂家、和藝術家,若非上帝的恩典,常會被引誘,由喜愛他所表現的事物,轉而喜愛表現,直到他們墮落到地獄的深淵,再也無法對上帝感興趣,而只對他們所說的有關上帝的事感興趣。因為他們不會止於對繪畫感興趣而已,他們會越陷越深,變成對自己的個性有興趣,甚至對自己的聲望有興趣。(魯益師C.S.Lewis,《The Great Divorce》)
  • 你若到上帝的聖山中間飲那如同「遺忘川Lethe」的泉水,你將忘記自己作品的所有權,你欣賞它們就好像那是別人的作品一樣;沒有驕傲,也沒有謙遜。(魯益師C.S.Lewis,《The Great Divorce》)

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