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You must learn, you must let God teach you, that the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it.  God will waste nothing.

Phillips Brooks

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

When we put our cares in God’s hands, He puts His peace in our hearts.

You can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else’s.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is having the courage to dance to it today.

“The best thing to spend on your children is time.”

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

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia

Prayer is God’s ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need. ~Wesley L. Duewel

When people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them.

Lakshmi Mittal

“God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.” John Ortberg

Prayer is not just a “spare wheel” that you pull out when in trouble; it is also a “steering wheel” that directs us in the right path throughout life.

Wishing will never be a substitute for prayer. ~Ed Cole

“I may no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather respond to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.” Jim Elliot

“God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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

Margaret Thatcher

“I say no to drugs, but they don’t listen.”

Marilyn Manson, Singer

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

Reason given for insurance claim.

“I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.”

Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh

“Well, that was a cliff-dweller.”

Wes Westrum, Baseball coach, about a close game

“I deny the allegations and I defy the alligators!”

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.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t either.

Dick Cavett

“A ‘No Parking’ sign at a certain location means…”

multiple choice question on NY State learner’s permit test

“That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes.”

Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left winger, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker

"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.

“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.

It is impossible to transmit speech electrically. The ‘telephone’ is as mythical as the unicorn.
Professor Johann Christian Poggendorrf, Germany physicist and chemist, 1860

You guys are unique in your own way

Mia Hammond

“We’d like to avoid problems, because when we have problems, we can have troubles.”

Wesley Bolin, Governor

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and having the two as close together as possible.

George Burns

“Pitching is 80% of the game. The other half is hitting and fielding.”

Mickey Rivers, baseball player

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

Roger Daltrey, Singer/Actor

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

Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.