Inspirational Quotes for the WEEKEND

By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa

For certain there are some words often thrown around that are important in all respects. Amongst the few are the following; \’focus\’ and the phrase \’pay attention\’. In reading this piece of write-up, certainly the assumption is that you are focusing and paying attention to the words being crafted here to make meaning of the world around us. One has to be always conscious and observe the life and things around them otherwise life will bypass them.

Life is a game of focus. All things being equal and in normal circumstances, no matter what people of all status would be focusing on living life to its fulness. This perhaps is why idleness is an antithesis of progress and healthy livelihood. All living things are called to be active in their habitant. This can be observed in domesticated animals which in some cases and depending on the type, even when caged are active, actively seeking that which sustains life.

In what ever career and profession one finds themselves in, the magic words are the same; focus and pay attention. Apply in sports as well, it is the same principles, those who excel are the ones who focus and pay attention to every detail of their vocation inside and outside. The message is therefore very clear, to be excellent on anything in life, you need to be more focused and pay attention to details in all situations. With such craftiness practised everyday and everywhere, all will be paradise.

The quotes this week are a continuation of extraction from a book that spells moments in time that have shaped the world as it is today. I am sure the selected quotes below from this book will enlighten you to one or two life lessons, read and enjoy:

TURNING POINTS by Mark A. Noll

\”If Charles lacked experience as emperor and if his linguistic skills were not as advanced as many of the others who were assembled at Worms (including some of the princes), there was no doubt about the extent of his power. Not all his titles were secure, but Charles nonetheless presided over more of Europe than any single individual since Charlemagne some seven centuries before. He was, in a partial listing, \’by God\’s Grace, Augmentor of the Realm of Germany; of Spain, the Two Sicilies, Jerusalem, Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia, etc., King, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy, etc, etc.\”

\”Evangelicalism in the English speaking world and Pietism on the continent together represented a strategic shift in Christian energy, direction, assumptions, and associations. Some of that new direction came in response to altered conditions in Europe, some was directly a response to conditions within the churches.\”

\”Then intellectual life was instinctively conservative, oriented to the past for guidance, inspiration, and substance. Now far more of the laity were learned, far more rewards were being offered to those who could discover something new, and far less deference was automatically paid to the past.\”

\”Involved as the prose was, no one, then or now, mistook the consequences: England\’s church no longer was in fellowship with Rome; England\’s church had broken from the \’catholic\’ church; England\’s church belonged to the English (or at least to the English king). For opposing this and and similar moves, dedicated Catholics like Bishop John Fisher and Sir Thomas More would go to the block. For urging Henry on toward a more complete Reformation, dedicated Protestants like Robert Barnes and John Frith would join them.\”