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“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”

“I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.” Epictetus

You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.

Ons grootste leuens is die wat ons vir onself vertel.

Our biggest lies are those we tell ourselves

Beethoven once said of Rossini that he had in him the making of a great musician if only he had some difficulties to struggle with and some failures. Beethoven understood from his own experience that struggle produces greatness.

Ludwig van Beethoven

It is a good answer which knows when to stop

I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Pearl S. Buck

When Christ came into my life, I came about like a well-handled ship.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Rest is not a hallowed feeling that comes over
us in church; it is the repose of a heart set deep in God

To love God is something greater than to know him

“God desires and is pleased to communicate with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills, and our emotions. The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the souls of the redeemed men and women is the throbbing heart of the New Testament.” A. W. Tozer

“It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.” Calvin Coolidge

A stiff apology is a second insult.

G. K. Chesterton

“We’re in spiritual combat – cosmic combat for the heart and soul of humankind.” Chuck Colson

“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

Lao Tzu

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that a flower leaves upon the heel that crushes it.” Author Unknown

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

“Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansel. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers.”

Murray Walker, Sportscaster

“We can repair anything. (Please knock hard on the door – the bell doesn’t work.)”

Sign on door of repair shop

In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I’m keeping a chart.

Hillary Clinton

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

Marlon Starling

“Except for his car, he’s the only man on the track.”

Murray Walker, Sportcaster

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

Jacques le Blanc

We’re just physically not physical enough.

Denny Crum

“I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid.”

Terry Bradshaw, Former football player/announcer

“Can you hear me? Squeeze once for yes and twice for no.”

Police detective questioning a wounded officer

“I didn’t accept it. I received it.”

Richard Allen, National Security Advisor to former President Reagan, explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he helped arrange a private interview for them with First Lady Nancy Reagan.

They misunderestimated me…

George W Bush

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

Reason given for insurance claim.

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

Dan Quayle, U.S. Vice President

“Man thought hurt, but slightly dead.”

Providence Journal Headline

It will be years – not in my time – before a woman will become Prime Minister…

Margaret Thatcher

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

Sign on backseat of Taxi

“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

“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.

“Did people build this, or did Indians?”

Tourist question at Mesa Verde National Park