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The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open

The Holy Spirit is the secret of the power in my life. All I have to do is surrender my life to Him.

Kathryn Kuhlman

“The first duty of love is to listen.” — Paul Tillich

“But all the wickedness in the world that man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.” William Langford

“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.”

Henry David Thoreau

Die geringste daad is beter as die grootste voorneme

“God examines both rich and poor, not according to their lands and houses, but according to the riches of their hearts.” St. Augustine of Hippo

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Belief is truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart.

God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.

“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.”

Ronald Reagan

We are what we think about all day along.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is nothing we can do to make God love us more; there is nothing we can do to make God love us less.” Philip Yancey

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

A helping word to one in trouble
is often like a switch on a railroad track, but one inch between wreck and
smooth rolling prosperity.

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

There is more healing joy in five minutes of worship than there is in five nights of revelry.

A.W. Tozer

“God isn’t looking for perfect people. He is looking to perfect people.”

“While sitting in a tavern, someone hit my nose from behind.”

Reason given for insurance claim.

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

Warning label on central air conditioning unit

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”

Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

“Traffic is very heavy at the moment, so if you are thinking of leaving now, you’d better set off a few minutes earlier.”

Anonymous Traffic Report

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

Linda Evangelista, Supermodel

“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

I do not like this word “bomb.” It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding.

Jacques le Blanc

“Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.”

Dennis Rodman, NBA Basketball player, on Chicago Bull’s team chemistry being overrated.

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

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

One has to expect the level of violence will either stay where it is or go up or…

Donald Rumsfeld

Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.

Yogi Berra

“I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.”

Ron Atkinson

Traditionally, most of Australia’s imports come from overseas.

Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery

“We didn’t lose, we weren’t beaten, we just came in second.”

U.S. commentators, after Canadian Donavon Bailey won the 100 metre gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.

“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

“They are not jackbooted Nazi thugs. They are merely German policemen in spiffy uniforms here to help us.”

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

Gerry Brown

“Guys aren’t able to get $15 or $20 million anymore, so you have to play for the love of the game.”

Penny Hardaway, NBA Basketball Player