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“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

How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent, and God will speak again.

Francois Fenelon

“If I could see further than others, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”

Isaac Newton

We honor God when we ask for great things. It is a humiliating thing to think that we are satisfied with very small results.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

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

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

Jim Rohn

“Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us.” P.T. Forsyth

“The more we meditate on the cross, the deeper our companionship and knowledge gets of Christ the Lord.” Pishoy Kamel

Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air…but only for one second without hope.

Hal Lindsey

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

Thomas Watson

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

What is in the well of your heart will show up in the bucket of your speech.

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.”

Margaret B. Runbeck

“Faith: Putting all your eggs in God’s basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch.”

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

Make a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you’re too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy.

Charles Swindoll

I’ve always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.”

Lawrence Summers, chief economist of the World Bank, explaining why we should export toxic wastes to Third World countries.

“I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid.”

Terry Bradshaw, Former football player/announcer

“Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.”

Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

George Burns

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

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.

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

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

Sign on backseat of Taxi

As I said before, I never repeat myself.

“Did people build this, or did Indians?”

Tourist question at Mesa Verde National Park

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

Murray Walker, Sportcaster

I feel my best when I’m happy.

Winona Ryder

“I play football. I’m not trying to be a professor. The tests don’t seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven’t been through in school.”

“Elephants Please Stay In Your Car.”

Safari park sign

No audience will ever be able to take more than ten minutes of animation…

“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet”

Al Gore

What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.

Henny Youngman

As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error.

Weisert

“I’m convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.”

Milos Forman, Film director