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“For a beggar to live at court is not so much as the King to dwell with him in his cottage.” ~William Gurnall

Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Do your best and then sleep in peace. God Is Awake

It is a good answer which knows when to stop

“Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” William Carey

No credit? No problem…Jesus paid it all.

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

Robert Collier

He knows every heartache, sees every tear, a word from His lips can calm every fear.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s successes.

Oscar Wilde

“God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.” C. S. Lewis

Persistence is the best policy so to win a match, whether this match is with any team, with your desires or with your life.

“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

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream

Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning. Martin Luther

Everything that happens to me can help me along in my Christian life.

E. Stanley Jones

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

Begin to weave and God will give the thread.

“Mr. Milosevic has to be careful. The calendar is ticking.”

Richard Haas, NBC News consultant

“I’m gonna live forever, or die trying.”

Joseph Heller

I feel my best when I’m happy.

Winona Ryder

“The government is not doing enough about cleaning up the environment. This is a good planet.”

Mr. New Jersey contestant when asked what he would do with a million dollars.

Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs is ridiculous fiction…

Pierre Pachet, 1872

“You can’t just let nature run wild.”

Wally Hickel, former Alaska governor

“My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.”

Spike Milligan

“Well, that was a cliff-dweller.”

Wes Westrum, Baseball coach, about a close game

“I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.”

Ron Atkinson

My main hope for myself is to be where I am.

Woody Harrelson

It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human…

George W Bush

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

Al Gore

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

Sign on door of repair shop

“A verbal contract is not worth the paper it’s written on.”

Samuel Goldwyn

“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 deny the allegations and I defy the alligators!”

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

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

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

“We didn’t lose, we weren’t beaten, we just came in second.”

U.S. commentators, after Canadian Donavon Bailey won the 100 metre gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.