Counseling News from the Week of April 17, 2026

Explanation: Although I scan the Internet primarily for counseling articles, in the process I run across quotes and interesting facts that I sometimes include in these first two sections. If you’re just interested in the counseling articles, you can skip these first two sections and go directly to the section called Counseling Articles. HV

Interesting Quotes

Nuggets of Wisdom Compiled by Richard Simmons III

“I would desire it be said of me: ‘He lived usefully’ instead of ‘He died rich.’”

Benjamin Franklin

“My hunger is not for success; it is for excellence. When you attain excellence, success naturally follows.”

Coach Mike Krzyzewski

 “Character is like a tree and reputation is like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.”

Abraham Lincoln 

 “My reading of history convinces me that worst government results from too much government.”

Thomas Jefferson 

 “We suffer more in our imagination than in reality.”

Seneca 

 “If you cannot answer a man’s argument, do not panic. You can always call him names.”

Oscar Wilde 

 “Economy is one of the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest danger to be feared.”

Thomas Jefferson 

 “My friends, we have a great deal more to do in this world than go to heaven when we die.”

Dallas Willard

Fascinating Facts

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I hope you have a wonderful week!

Henry Virkler