Daily Encouragement

Posted on January 1, 2017 by SGI-USA Austin

Those who wake up each morning with work to accomplish and a mission to fulfill are the happiest people of all. SGI members are like this. For us each day is one of supreme purpose and satisfaction. For us each day is New Year’s Day. Please exert yourselves vigorously with the determination to live each day to the fullest, so that you may compose a golden diary of life.

Daily Quote

Posted on January 1, 2017 by SGI-USA Austin

It is much more valuable to look for the strengths in others—you gain nothing by criticizing people’s imperfections.

from ikedaquotes.org

Daily Encouragement

Posted on December 31, 2016 by SGI-USA Austin

To lead a life in which we are inspired and can inspire others, our hearts have to be alive; they have to be filled with passion and enthusiasm. To achieve that, as President Toda also said, we need the courage to “live true to ourselves.” And to live true to ourselves, we need the strength of mind not to be swayed by our environment or be obsessed with vanity and superficial appearances. Rather than borrowing from or imitating others, we need the conviction to be able to think for ourselves and to take action from our own sense of responsibility.