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One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying “yes” too quickly and not saying “no” soon enough.

Josh Billings

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger.  It is the heart that makes a man rich.  He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher

No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness. ~Bunyan, John

“It is no small thing to be on terms of friendship with God.” Author Unknown

You have been created by God and for God, and someday you will stand amazed at the simple yet profound ways He has used you even when you weren’t aware of it.

Kay Arthur

“The best thing to spend on your children is time.”

“We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.” Phillips Brooks

God takes life’s pieces and gives us unbroken peace.

We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes; we count on God’s love for our present needs; but we count on God’s sovereignty for the future.

My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Clarence Budington Kelland

“To be subjected to God’s will is not only to give Him priority in our lives, it is but to give Him complete control.” Avery D. Miller

“To the man who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness.”

Ecclesiastes 2:26

“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.” — Martin Luther

Certain thoughts are prayers.  There are certain moments when, whatever the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. Victor Hugo

Happiness is not how much you have, but how much you enjoy it.

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

“The man who refuses to forgive destroys the bridge over which he himself must cross.” — John Iverson

They misunderestimated me…

George W Bush

“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

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

“Mando Machinery Corporation is the undisputed leader in Korea automotive pants industry.”

Press Release from Korean firm

“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

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

Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh

The atomic bomb will never go off, and I speak as an expert in explosives…

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

Yogi Berra

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

Jacques le Blanc

Radio has no future…

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and having the two as close together as possible.

George Burns

Rural Americans are real Americans. There’s no doubt about that…

Dan Quayle

When I’m a blonde, I can say the world is purple, and they’ll believe me because they weren’t listening to me.

Kylie Bax, Model/Actress, in Stuff magazine.

“If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.”

“Now, the only thing that remains unresolved is the resolution of the problem.”

Thomas Wells, Ontario legislature minister

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Wesley Bolin, Governor

“That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes.”

Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left winger, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker

“I’ll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right”

Marlon Starling