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

What soap is to the body, tears are for the soul.

Jewish Proverb

Our walk counts far more than our talk

The greatest privilege God gave to you is the freedom to approach Him at anytime.

The most important part of Christmas is the first six letters.

“He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”

Henry David Thoreau

Some people drink at the fountain of knowledge while others only gargle.

“Be prepared to ride the cycles and trends of life; success is never permanent, and failure is never final.”

You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Opportunities are like sunrises –  if you wait too long, you miss them.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

There are very few who in their hearts do not believe in God, but what they will not do is give him exclusive right of way. 

Dwight L. Moody

“If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.”

George Allen, Sr.

Decisions can take you out of God’s will but never out of His reach

I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. ~Mary Gardiner Brainard

“Elephants Please Stay In Your Car.”

Safari park sign

“If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.”

Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t either.

Dick Cavett

“The private enterprise system indicates that some people have higher incomes than others.”

Gerry Brown

“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

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

Sign on backseat of Taxi

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

Stuart Pearson

“I’m convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.”

Milos Forman, Film director

“And as Mansell comes into the pits, he’s quite literally sweating his eyeballs out.”

UK Sports coverage on TV

“I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.”

Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh

“You can’t just let nature run wild.”

Wally Hickel, former Alaska governor

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

Warning label on central air conditioning unit

“I’ve always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.”

Lawrence Summers, chief economist of the World Bank, explaining why we should export toxic wastes to Third World countries.

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

Sign in a British office.

“Facts are stupid things.”

Ronald Reagan, Former U.S. President

“A ‘No Parking’ sign at a certain location means…”

multiple choice question on NY State learner’s permit test

“In a sense it’s a one-man show… except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper.”

John Motson, BBC1

“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

“Outside consultants sought for test of gas chamber.”

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