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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
American Educator, Author

 

 

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.

George W. Bush

 

 

 

When you come to a fork in the road . . . . Take it.

Yogi Berra

 

 

 

 Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Norman MacEwan

 

 

Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Henry Ford

 

 

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Michelangelo

 

 

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free.”

Emma Lazarus

 

 

Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 

 

The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

 

 

When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.

Tecumseh (1768-1813) Shawnee Chief

 

 

You see things; and you say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?”

George Bernard Shaw

 

 

It's better to fail in originality, than succeed in imitation.

Herman Melville

 

 

Striving for perfection is good; demanding it is paralyzing.

 

 

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

John Bunyan

 

 

 

It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

 

 

 

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

Thomas Henry Huxley

 

 

He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.

Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

 

 

What if life is a dress rehearsal?
 What if the real production is about to begin?
 That is precisely what Jesus says.

John Eldridge, The Journey of Desire

 

 

In life there are no overachievers—only under estimators.

Rich Ruffalo, Motivational Speaker

 

 

The innocent moon that nothing does but shine, moves all the laboring surges of the world.

Francis Thompson

 

 

Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.

John Calvin

 

 

History is prologue to the future.

 

 

If you kneel before God, you'll stand before men.

Leonard Ravenhill

 

 

Better to know the Planner than the Plan.

Augustine of Hippo

 

 

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

Maria Weston Chapman, Abolitionist

 

 

 

Everybody ends up somewhere in life. A few people end up somewhere on purpose. Those are the ones with vision.

Andy Stanley, Visioneering

 

 

 

When life knocks you to your knees . . . well, that’s the best position to pray, isn’t it?

Ethel Barrymore, Actor

 

 

How is never a problem for God.

Andy Stanley, Visioneering

 

 

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.

Andrew Carnegie

 

 

Bitterness is a poison you drink hoping the other person dies.

 

 

Every temptation is an occasion to trust God.

Our Daily Bread

 

 

 

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Jim Elliot

 

 

 

I realize that falling down ain't graceful, but I thank the Lord that falling's full of grace.

Andrew Peterson

 

 

I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it.

Thomas à Kempis

 

 

The distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.

Albert Einstein

 

 

The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.

Plutarch

 

 

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

 

 

To step out of God's will is to step into nowhere.

C. S. Lewis

 

 

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.

Aristotle

 

 

He who loves not, lives not; he who lives by the Life cannot die.

Raymond Lull

 

 

Any darn fool can make something complex.  It takes a genius to make something simple.

Woodie Guthrie

 

 

One of these days is none of these days.

Bits & Pieces

 

 

If there is no God, then nothing matters; if there is a God, then nothing else matters.

 

 

If God is your copilot, move over.

Joe White

 

 

God is more interested in our character than our comfort.

 

 

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Woodrow Wilson

 

 

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

 

 

Boredom is one of the sure ways to measure your own inner emptiness.

Billy Graham

 

 

My great-grandfather rode a horse, but was afraid of a train.
My grandfather rode a train, but was afraid of an automobile.
My father rode in an automobile, but was afraid of an airplane.
I ride an airplane, but am afraid of a horse.

 

 

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

Thomas Jefferson

 

 

 

Life is short—don't waste a minute of it. Life is long—don't rush it.
Life is cruel—watch your back. Life is beautiful—open your heart.

Carolyn Arends

 

 

 

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