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The hardest thing for us as humans to do is believe that God can take care of everything WITHOUT our help.

“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

To be able to find joy in another’s joy, that is the secret of happiness.

“A church member waiting to be asked to serve in his own church is just like the member of a family waiting to be invited to pull weeds in front of the house where he lives.”

How shall I depend on Him for raising my body from the dust; and saving my soul at last; if I distrust Him for a crust of bread, towards my preservation.

Joseph Hall

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

Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind & heart.

“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

“Forgiveness doesn’t make the other person right, it makes you free.” Stormie Omartian

If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.

Speak the truth and shame the Devil.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses

Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Grace has been defined, the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

The life of faith does not earn eternal life; it is eternal life; and Christ is its vehicle.

William Temple

“Every sermon should be an agony of the soul, a passion to beget Christ in the souls of men.” John Chrysostom

The Next Time The Devil Reminds You Of Your Sin, take one look at your sin and ten looks at Jesus.

Robert Murray McCheyne

At creation we see the hand of God, but at the cross we see His heart.

Charles Lowery

“Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.”

Julian of Norwich

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

Woody Harrelson

“What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.”

Dan Quayle

“I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.”

Stuart Pearce

“Man Breaks Leg In Fall Off Bride.”

St. Louis Dispatch Headline (should have read “bridge.”)

“MIDNIGHT BOWLING SATURDAY AT 9 P.M.”

Sign outside bowling alley

“Man shots neighbor with machete.”

Miami Herald, headline

“Reports are sketchy, but we have heard that in the first heart transplant operation in Belgium, both patient and donor are doing fine.”

Radio news announcer

“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

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

Milos Forman, Film director

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

Margaret Thatcher

“If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.”

Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

“Outside consultants sought for test of gas chamber.”

Ad in Arizona Republic

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

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.

“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

There is certainly more in the future now than back in 1964.

Roger Daltrey, Singer/Actor

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

Ron Atkinson

“After the tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.”

Sign in a British office.

“The private enterprise system indicates that some people have higher incomes than others.”

Gerry Brown