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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

“Failing to forgive is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

The life of faith does not earn eternal life; it is eternal life; and Christ is its vehicle.

William Temple

“One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever.” Luis Palau

An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.

“We often tend to treat the Lord Jesus something like a convenience food — handy to have around in case of unexpected need.”

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them, but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

“To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love.” Thomas Merton

“The turning point in our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is.” — Patrick Morley

Buried under the biggest burden is a good place to find an even bigger blessing.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

“We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.”

George Eliot

“The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings for what God will someday bring to pass.” Philip Yancey

Reason is our soul’s left hand, faith her right. ~John Donne

“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Plato

Big victories need big heart, great courage, great foresee and solid determination.

The army of Israel looked at Goliath through the eyes of man and said he’s too big to beat. David looked at him through the eyes of God and said he’s too big to miss.

Wally Carter

“We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite”

Murray Walker, Sportscaster

The team has come along slow but fast.

Casey Stengel

“What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.”

Dan Quayle

“MIDNIGHT BOWLING SATURDAY AT 9 P.M.”

Sign outside bowling alley

“Bruce Sutter has been around for awhile and he’s pretty old. He’s thirty-five years old. That will give you some idea of how old he is.”

Ron Fairley, Giants broadcaster

“If you walk backwards, you’ll find out that you can go forwards and people won’t know if you’re coming or going.”

Casel Stengal, former Baseball player

“I didn’t know Onward Christian Soldiers was a Christian song.”

Aggie Pate, at a non-denominational mayor’s breakfast, Fort Worth, Texas

Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau…

They misunderestimated me…

George W Bush

“The government is not doing enough about cleaning up the environment. This is a good planet.”

Mr. New Jersey contestant when asked what he would do with a million dollars.

“My appetite is so good that I can eat the tablecloth right off the chair.”

Joseph Moakley, Massachusetts representative

“Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.”

Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

“Elephants Please Stay In Your Car.”

Safari park sign

“We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads.”

Vlade Divac, NBA basketball player

“I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”

John Wayne, Actor

I don’t diet. I just don’t eat as much as I’d like to.”

Linda Evangelista, Supermodel

“That’s inches away from being millimetre perfect.”

Ted Lowe

“I deny the allegations and I defy the alligators!”

“I don’t think we learned a lesson; I think it was a learning experience for us.”

Shaquille O’Neal, basketball player, after game 4 of the 2001 NBA finals, on being asked by NBC reporter Jim Gray if LA had learned a lesson from what happened the previous year in Indiana