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Definition of courage: ‘Grace under pressure’

“It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.” Thomas Merton

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

He who labours as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hand

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

G.K. Chesterson

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.

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

“Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.” Thomas Brooks

You can do everything else right as a parent, but if you don’t begin with loving God, you’re going to fail.

Alvin Vander Griend

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

What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God

We are what we think about all day along.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you always postpone pleasure you will never have it.”

Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.

Stephen Covey

“We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.” C. S. Lewis

The Lord who allows each of us to grieve differently also knows and provides precisely what will bring comfort to our hearts.

“As jou tong te skerp is kan jy dalk jou eie keel afsny”

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”

“The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.”

“SAFETY FIRST: Please put on your seat belt – prepare for accident.”

Sign on backseat of Taxi

I have opinions of my own — strong opinions — but I don’t always agree with them.

President George Bush

I do not like this word “bomb.” It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding.

Jacques le Blanc

“They are not jackbooted Nazi thugs. They are merely German policemen in spiffy uniforms here to help us.”

“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.

"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.

“A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man.”

Samuel Goldwyn

“MIDNIGHT BOWLING SATURDAY AT 9 P.M.”

Sign outside bowling alley

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.)

“The largest crowd ever in the state of Las Vegas.”

Mark Jones, TV Broadcaster

“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.

You read what Disraeli had to say. I don’t remember what he said. He said something. He’s no longer with us.

Bob Dole

“Man thought hurt, but slightly dead.”

Providence Journal Headline

Radio has no future…

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

“It’s like their own personal equipment, like you have pens.”

General Syarwan Hamid of Indonasia, justifying why his soldiers carry loaded guns on the streets.

“I don’t know all the certain words to word it.”

Vanilla Ice, Rap Star, on why he hired a ghostwriter for his autobiography

Oh – I’m so sorry, I didn’t recognize you without your…

Lady Diana Cooper to Queen Elizabet