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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.

John Dryden

“‘Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light and Heat. But yet, put out the Candle, and they are both gone.” John Selden

God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him, He brings me into a relationship with Himself where I hear His call and understand what He wants me to do, and I do it out of sheer love to Him… When people say they have had a call to foreign service, or to any particular sphere of work, they mean that their relationship to God has enabled them to realize what they can do for God. Oswald Chambers

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.”

William Wallace

A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.

To be able to find joy in another’s joy, that is the secret of happiness.

Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

Proverbs 20:22

“Well done is better than well said.”

Benjamin Franklin

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

Apart from Christ we know neither what our life nor our death is; we do not know what God is nor what we ourselves are.

Blaise Pascal

The Christian finds safety not in the absence of danger but in the presence of God.

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

“You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you will have, be, and do in the tomorrows of your life.” Author Unknown

We are what we think about all day along.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence and patience.

Laugh at your mistakes and praise yourself for learning from them

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

God’s time may not be my time, but He is always right on time

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

Joseph P. Kennedy, 1936

“I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.”

Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

“Do Not Place Hand In Fan While Fan Is Running.”

Warning label on central air conditioning unit

What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.

Henny Youngman

“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

“Traffic is very heavy at the moment, so if you are thinking of leaving now, you’d better set off a few minutes earlier.”

Anonymous Traffic Report

“We didn’t lose, we weren’t beaten, we just came in second.”

U.S. commentators, after Canadian Donavon Bailey won the 100 metre gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.

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

multiple choice question on NY State learner’s permit test

“If you walk backwards, you’ll find out that you can go forwards and people won’t know if you’re coming or going.”

Casel Stengal, former Baseball player

The only reason we’re 7-0 is because we’ve won all seven of our games.

David Garcia

“My appetite is so good that I can eat the tablecloth right off the chair.”

Joseph Moakley, Massachusetts representative

“I said LUNCH not LAUNCH!!!!”

Nasa Launch Control

“Now, the only thing that remains unresolved is the resolution of the problem.”

Thomas Wells, Ontario legislature minister

“I don’t think we learned a lesson; I think it was a learning experience for us.”

Shaquille O’Neal, basketball player, after game 4 of the 2001 NBA finals, on being asked by NBC reporter Jim Gray if LA had learned a lesson from what happened the previous year in Indiana

“In a sense it’s a one-man show… except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper.”

John Motson, BBC1

“Bruce Sutter has been around for awhile and he’s pretty old. He’s thirty-five years old. That will give you some idea of how old he is.”

Ron Fairley, Giants broadcaster

“Well, that was a cliff-dweller.”

Wes Westrum, Baseball coach, about a close game

“I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.”

Stuart Pearce

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”

Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.