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How shall I depend on Him for raising my body from the dust; and saving my soul at last; if I distrust Him for a crust of bread, towards my preservation.

Joseph Hall

“Kneeology” will do more for prayer than theology.

Better poor and humble than proud and rich.

Proverbs 16:19

God is not tired: you think He is because you are.

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

Galileo Galilei

If Christ lives in us, controlling our personalities, we will leave glorious marks on the lives we touch.  Not because of our lovely characters, but because of his. Eugenia Pric

“To love God is the greatest of virtues; to be loved by God is the greatest of blessings.” Portuguese Proverb

“There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts his foot down he finds a rock beneath him.” F. B. Meyer

With God, saying and doing are not two things as they are with men. God will do what He has said.

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

“When I change the way I look at things, the things I look at change.

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”

“For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.” Thomas à Kempis

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

Christ has turned all our sunsets into dawns. ~Clement of Alexandria

God does not tell us what He is going to do, He reveals who He is.

The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude

“Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.”

Life is not measured a number of years, but by the number of right actions

“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

As I said before, I never repeat myself.

“I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.”

Tom Lasorda, former Dodger manager on World Cup soccer tournament.

“A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man.”

Samuel Goldwyn

“SAFETY FIRST: Please put on your seat belt – prepare for accident.”

Sign on backseat of Taxi

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

Ted Lowe

“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there’ll be a record.”

Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

I cannot tell you how grateful I am — I am filled with humidity.

Gib Lewis, speaker of the Texas House

Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth.”

Kahlil Gibran

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

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

“Reports are sketchy, but we have heard that in the first heart transplant operation in Belgium, both patient and donor are doing fine.”

Radio news announcer

“Man thought hurt, but slightly dead.”

Providence Journal Headline

“Do Not Place Hand In Fan While Fan Is Running.”

Warning label on central air conditioning unit

It is impossible to transmit speech electrically. The ‘telephone’ is as mythical as the unicorn.
Professor Johann Christian Poggendorrf, Germany physicist and chemist, 1860

“Bobby Gould thinks I’m trying to stab him in the back. In fact I’m right behind him.”

Stuart Pearson

You read what Disraeli had to say. I don’t remember what he said. He said something. He’s no longer with us.

Bob Dole

“I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.”

Colonel Oliver North, from his Iran-Contra testimony

“After the tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.”

Sign in a British office.

“Sure, it’s going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of something else anyway.”

Othal Brand, member of a Texas pesticide review board, on chlordane.