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We yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future. ~Anonymous

The Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefits of non-members.

William Temple

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

“Our prayers will see answers when we believe in what we ask for.” John Iverson

“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” Holmes

Kind words make good echoes.

Unknown

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

“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”

Miguel de Cervantes

 You don’t need to see the way if you follow the one that is the Way.

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”

Benjamin Franklin

“We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.” A. W. Tozer

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

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot

“We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling.” John Churtom Collins

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning handsprings, or eating with chopsticks. It looks so easy till you try it.

Better poor and humble than proud and rich.

Proverbs 16:19

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

Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.

The team has come along slow but fast.

Casey Stengel

The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It’s only the people who make them unsafe.

Mayor Frank Rizzo

“I don’t know all the certain words to word it.”

Vanilla Ice, Rap Star, on why he hired a ghostwriter for his autobiography

“Man shots neighbor with machete.”

Miami Herald, headline

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

UK Sports coverage on TV

“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.

“Well, that was a cliff-dweller.”

Wes Westrum, Baseball coach, about a close game

“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there’ll be a record.”

Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

In an action film you act in the action, in a drama film you act in the drama.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails

Associated Press

“Predictions are difficult, especially about the future.”

Yogi Berra, Baseball player

I have opinions of my own — strong opinions — but I don’t always agree with them.

President George Bush

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

“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

“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

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

Marlon Starling

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

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

Samuel Goldwyn

“Today is Thursday. Or what I like to call on Friday, ‘yesterday.’”

Jimmy Fallon