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“We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.” Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador 

The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said.

“Kneeology” will do more for prayer than theology.

“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Plato

He who kneels before God can stand before anyone

Grace: a gift that costs everything for the giver and nothing for the recipient. ~Philip Yancey

“Character is what you are in the dark.” ~Dwight L. Moody

“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not” ~Samuel Johnson

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ~Author Unknown

You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.

Mahatma Gandhi

“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple… but only God can count the apples in a seed.”

“GRACE——-God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.”

“Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose – to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.”

Francis Schaeffer

Giving is more a dictate of the heart than a command of the brain.

We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and have patience for the small ones.  Go to sleep in peace.  God is awake. Victor Hugo

Don’t be irreplaceable, if you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted

Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don’t judge life by one difficult season.

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

Robert Collier

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

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

Murray Walker, Sportcaster

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, “Thank God, I’m still alive.” But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, (D, Calif.)

“Watch the time -it gives you an indication of how fast they are running.”

Ron Pickering

Traditionally, most of Australia’s imports come from overseas.

Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery

“I didn’t accept it. I received it.”

Richard Allen, National Security Advisor to former President Reagan, explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he helped arrange a private interview for them with First Lady Nancy Reagan.

“Predictions are difficult, especially about the future.”

Yogi Berra, Baseball player

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

Jimmy Fallon

Radio has no future…

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

Weisert

“Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks.”

Sign in Men’s clothing store

“I have no political ambitions for myself or my children.”

Joseph P. Kennedy, 1936

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

Al Gore

“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.”

“Well, that was a cliff-dweller.”

Wes Westrum, Baseball coach, about a close game

“It is thought that Raj Mohammed Poselay was beaten to death, possibly during a family fun day in the park.”

Newspaper, Wolverton Express & Star (UK)

“Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansel. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers.”

Murray Walker, Sportscaster

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

UK Sports coverage on TV

“Guys aren’t able to get $15 or $20 million anymore, so you have to play for the love of the game.”

Penny Hardaway, NBA Basketball Player