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“It is impossible to comfort men’s hearts with the love of God when their feet are perishing with cold.” William Booth

“If I could see further than others, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”

Isaac Newton

Courage is fear that has said its prayers

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Benjamin Disraeli

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

“Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.” Bishop Charles H. Brent

In spite of your fear, do what you have to do

A pastor once asked a group of men on a retreat, “Men, is your wife a better Christian because she is married to you, or has your marriage been a hindrance to her spiritual growth?”

Bob Barnes

“If we are to accept the teaching of Jesus at all, then the only test of the reality of a man’s religion is his attitude to his fellow men. The only possible proof that a man loves God is the demonstrated fact that he loves his fellow men.” William Barclay

Faith is the root of all blessings. Believe and you shall be saved; believe, and you must be satisfied; believe, and you cannot but be comforted and happy.

Jeremy Taylor

Nothing under God’s control is ever out of control.

“Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.” Charles Dickens

“Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.” S. D. Gordon

“He who has God and Everything has nothing more than he who has God alone.” C. S. Lewis

“The love of God is one of the great realities of the universe, a pillar upon which the hope of the world rests. But it is a personal, intimate thing too. God does not love populations, He loves people. He loves not masses, but men.” A. W. Tozer

“God isn’t looking for perfect people. He is looking to perfect people.”

Our future is not about what we have or don’t have, or about what might happen or what might not happen. Our future is all about Who we know and how well we know Him.

Cindi McMenamin

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

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

Samuel Goldwyn

Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.

Yogi Berra

“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

“Okay, everyone, now inhale… and then dehale!”

Maury Wills, Los Angeles Dodgers captain, leading his teammates through warm-up calisthenics

As I said before, I never repeat myself.

“We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite”

Murray Walker, Sportscaster

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

“Outside consultants sought for test of gas chamber.”

Ad in Arizona Republic

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

Ron Pickering

They misunderestimated me…

George W Bush

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

Wesley Bolin, Governor

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.

“I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid.”

Terry Bradshaw, Former football player/announcer

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

Ron Atkinson

“We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads.”

Vlade Divac, NBA basketball player

“A brain scan revealed Andrew Caddick is not suffering from a stress fracture of the shin.”

Jo Sheldon

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

Woody Harrelson

“Predictions are difficult, especially about the future.”

Yogi Berra, Baseball player

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

Al Gore