This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.
Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Instead of showing strangers kindness and giving them the benefit of the doubt, we increasingly show them only fear, and that is bad for us and them.
The basic premise of 'A Course in Miracles' is that it teaches us to relinquish thoughts based on fear and to accept instead thoughts based on love.
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.
It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.
Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, let's use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.
Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world.
I love to bake. I like to bake with wheat and try not to eat sugar, so I use applesauce instead, which probably sounds really gross.
The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.
Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%.
I really like it when a bad dream doesn't scare you...it inspires you instead'.
It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.
Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional baseball player instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.
Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom.
Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day.
Work hard, persevere and help without hesitation to become an Asset instead of Liability.
When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.
