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We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have.

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

Before we ever ask, God is preparing the answer.

Our future is not about what we have or don’t have, or about what might happen or what might not happen. Our future is all about Who we know and how well we know Him.

Cindi McMenamin

The function of fear is to warn us of danger, not to make us afraid to face it.

To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love.
Walter Lippmann

God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him, He brings me into a relationship with Himself where I hear His call and understand what He wants me to do, and I do it out of sheer love to Him… When people say they have had a call to foreign service, or to any particular sphere of work, they mean that their relationship to God has enabled them to realize what they can do for God. Oswald Chambers

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou

A minute’s success pays the failure of years

“Lord please give me the patience to listen, the courage to speak, the honor to follow, and the wisdom to lead.” Author Unknown

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

Self-control is the ability to keep cool while someone is making it hot for you.

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.”

Jim Rohn

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted

“It is possible to do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.”

It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.

One hour of eternity, one moment with the Lord, will make us utterly forget a lifetime of desolations

“Man shots neighbor with machete.”

Miami Herald, headline

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

Reason given for insurance claim.

“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

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

Sign on backseat of Taxi

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

Gerry Brown

“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 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

“We’d like to avoid problems, because when we have problems, we can have troubles.”

Wesley Bolin, Governor

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

Warning label on central air conditioning unit

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

Murray Walker, Sportscaster

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

Donald Rumsfeld

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

Gib Lewis, speaker of the Texas House

“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.

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

Jacques le Blanc

“Elephants Please Stay In Your Car.”

Safari park sign

I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.

Al McGuire

“Facts are stupid things.”

Ronald Reagan, Former U.S. President

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

Yogi Berra

As I said before, I never repeat myself.