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“The value of persistent prayer is not that He will hear us
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but that we will finally hear Him.” |
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| — William McGill | |
| “Be not simply good; be good for something.” | |
| — Henry David Thoreau | |
| “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” | |
| — Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) | |
| “The winds of God are always blowing, but you must set the sails.” | |
| — Author Unknown | |
| “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 opened for us.” | |
| — Helen Keller | |
| “There is only one morality, as there is only one geometry.” | |
| — Voltaire | |
| “All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.” | |
| — Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| “I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” | |
| — Lily Tomlin | |
| “God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.” | |
| — Elbert Hubbard | |
| “A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle” | |
| — Erin Majors | |
| “A God. The God. One word can make all the difference in the world.” | |
| — C.S. Lewis | |
| “You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.” | |
| — John Calvin Coolidge | |
| “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” | |
| — Jim Ryan | |
| “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!” | |
| — Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17. | |
| “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.” | |
| — Nataniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter | |
| “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” | |
| — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations | |
| “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.” | |
| — Ronald Reagan, 1911 - 2004 | |
| “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.” | |
| — Mark Twain | |
| “Never miss a good chance to shut up.” | |
| — Will Rogers | |
| “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” | |
| — Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) | |
| “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” | |
| — Henry Ford (1863-1947) | |
| “I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” | |
| — Xenocrates (396-314 B.C.) | |
| “To move the world, we must first move ourselves” | |
| — Socrates | |
| “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” | |
| — US Confederate Army General “Stonewall” Jackson | |
| “What gets me into the Kingdom, from Christ’s own statement, is not saying 'Lord, Lord,' but acting 'Lord, Lord.'” | |
| — American missionary martyr Jim Elliot | |
| “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.” | |
| — John Jay, first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | |
| “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.” | |
| — Frank Outlaw | |
| “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.” | |
| — Helen Keller (1880-1968) | |
| “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” | |
| — Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| “Those people rowing the boat do not have time to rock the boat.” | |
| — Manteo (NC) Baptist Church Pastor Ken Simpson | |
| “Do all things with love.” | |
| — Og Mandino | |
| “A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” | |
| — Patricia Neal | |
| “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” | |
| — Lao Tzu | |
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“Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.” |
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| — Helen Steiner Rice | |
| “Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.” | |
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— Billy Sunday (1862-1935) US revivalist, baseball player |
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| “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” | |
| — Henry Ford (1863-1947) | |
| “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” | |
| — Mahatma Gandhi | |
| “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.” | |
| — Beverley Sills | |
| “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.” | |
| — Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| “Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.” | |
| — Saint Augustine | |
| “A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.” | |
| — Leon Tec, M.D. | |
| “Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.” | |
| — George Eliot (1819-1880) | |
| “Big goals can create a fear of failure. Lack of goals guarantees it.” | |
| — Arthor Unknown | |
| “The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.” | |
| — Ruby Dee | |
| “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” | |
| — Thomas Edison | |
| “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.” | |
| — Frank McKibben | |
| “There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all” | |
| — Author unknown | |
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“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” |
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| — Author Unknown | |
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“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.” |
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| — St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) | |
| “You shouldn’t gloat about anything you’ve done; you ought to keep going and try to find something better to do.” | |
| — David Packard | |
| “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” | |
| — Albert Schweitzer | |
“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” |
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| — Albert Einstein | |
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