| Geoffrey F. Abert | ~ | “The most important thing about having goals is having one.” |
St. Thomas Aquinas
(1225-1274) | ~ | “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.” |
Arthur Ashe
(1943-1993) | ~ | “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” |
| Saint Augustine | ~ | “Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.” |
| ~ | “Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.” |
| Marcus Aurelius, Meditations | ~ | “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” |
| Unknown Author | ~ | “A smile is such a little thing, compared to pleasures it will bring. A kindness here and also there, can change a cloudy day to fair.” |
| ~ | “Big goals can create a fear of failure. Lack of goals guarantees it.” |
| ~ | “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” |
| ~ | “Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.” |
| ~ | “The winds of God are always blowing, but you must set the sails.” |
| ~ | “There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all” |
| ~ | “When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.” |
| Harry F. Banks | ~ | “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability” |
| Lawana Blackwell | ~ | “The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.” |
William Blake
(1757-1827) | ~ | “I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.” |
| Henry Boye | ~ | “The most important trip you may ever take in life is meeting people halfway.” |
| Edmund Burke | ~ | “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” |
Sir Winston Churchill
(1874-1965) | ~ | “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” |
| ~ | “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” |
| Ed Cole | ~ | “Wishing will never be a substitute for prayer.” |
| John Calvin Coolidge | ~ | “You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.” |
| Abraham Cowley | ~ | “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” |
| Ruby Dee | ~ | “The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within — strength, courage, dignity.” |
| Thomas Edison | ~ | “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” |
| Albert Einstein | ~ | “"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."” |
| ~ | “I want to know God's thoughts . . . the rest are details.” |
| ~ | “Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” |
George Eliot
(1819-1880) | ~ | “Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.” |
Jim Elliot,
American missionary martyr | ~ | “What gets me into the Kingdom, from Christ’s own statement, is not saying 'Lord, Lord,' but acting 'Lord, Lord.'” |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | ~ | “All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.” |
| ~ | “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” |
| English Proverb | ~ | “An idle brain is the devil's workshop.” |
| Dale Evans | ~ | “Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.” |
Henry Ford
(1863-1947) | ~ | “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” |
| ~ | “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” |
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790) | ~ | “A good example is the best sermon.” |
| Friar Saint Francis of Assisi | ~ | “Go forth and preach the Gospel; if necessary use words.” |
| Mahatma Gandhi | ~ | “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” |
| Louis Gerstner | ~ | “Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.” |
| Oliver Goldsmith | ~ | “You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.” |
| Wayne Gretzky | ~ | “"100% of the shots you don't take don't go in."” |
| Nataniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter | ~ | “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” |
| Elbert Hubbard | ~ | “God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.” |
| Indian Proverb | ~ | “Call on God, but row away from the rocks.” |
William James
(1842 ~ 1910) | ~ | “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” |
| Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate General | ~ | “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” |
| John Jay, first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice | ~ | “The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.” |
Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826) | ~ | “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have” |
| Samuel Johnson | ~ | “Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.” |
| ~ | “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” |
| Charles "Tremendous" Jones | ~ | “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” |
| Henry J. Kaiser | ~ | “When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.” |
Helen Keller
(1880-1968) | ~ | “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” |
| ~ | “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” |
| C.S. Lewis | ~ | “A God. The God. One word can make all the difference in the world.” |
| Erin Majors | ~ | “A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle” |
| Og Mandino | ~ | “Do all things with love.” |
| Sister Mary Rose McGeady | ~ | “There is no greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.” |
| William McGill | ~ | “The value of persistent prayer is not that He will hear us . . . but that we will finally hear Him.” |
| Frank McKibben | ~ | “This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.” |
| Patricia Neal | ~ | “A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” |
| Frank Outlaw | ~ | “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” |
| David Packard | ~ | “You shouldn’t gloat about anything you’ve done; you ought to keep going and try to find something better to do.” |
| Thomas Paine | ~ | “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” |
| Laurence J. Peter | ~ | “If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” |
| ~ | “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” |
Ronald Reagan
(1911 - 2004) | ~ | “Once you begin a great movement, there's no telling where it will end. We meant to change a nation, and instead we changed a world.” |
| ~ | “There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” |
| Helen Steiner Rice | ~ | “Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.” |
| Will Rogers | ~ | “Never miss a good chance to shut up.” |
| Mickey Rooney | ~ | “You always pass failure on the way to success.” |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | ~ | “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.” |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ~ | “Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.” |
| Jim Ryan | ~ | “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” |
| Albert Schweitzer | ~ | “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” |
Sir Walter Scott
(1771-1832) - Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17. | ~ | “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!"” |
| Max Shinn | ~ | “No matter what you do, remember that your actions do make a difference.” |
| Beverley Sills | ~ | “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.” |
| Ken Simpson, Manteo (NC) Baptist Church Pastor | ~ | “Those people rowing the boat do not have time to rock the boat.” |
| Socrates | ~ | “To move the world, we must first move ourselves” |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon | ~ | “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.” |
Billy Sunday
(1862-1935) US revivalist, baseball player | ~ | “Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.” |
| Leon Tec, M.D. | ~ | “A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.” |
| Henry David Thoreau | ~ | “Be not simply good; be good for something.” |
| Tolstoy | ~ | “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” |
| Lily Tomlin | ~ | “I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” |
| A.W. Tozer | ~ | “If you want to be changed, read a good book.” |
| Mark Twain | ~ | “Most people are bothered by those passages in Scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me, I always notice that the passages in Scripture which trouble me most are those which I do understand.” |
| Lao Tzu | ~ | “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” |
| Paul Valery | ~ | “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” |
| Voltaire | ~ | “There is only one morality, as there is only one geometry.” |
Izaak Walton
(1593-1683) | ~ | “God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.” |
Booker T. Washington
(1856 – 1915) | ~ | “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” |
| UNC Basketball Coach Roy Williams | ~ | “Be led by your dreams, not pushed by your problems.” |
| Winnie the Pooh | ~ | “You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” |
Xenocrates
(396-314 B.C.) | ~ | “I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” |
| Zig Ziglar | ~ | “A smile is your greatest social asset.” |
