Anxiety & Faith

"The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith; and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety." — George Müller

Wise Men

"Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be." — Author Unknown

Principles

"When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith." — Abraham Kuyper

"The measure of a man"

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

"So what to do?"

"So what to do? Two Things, it seems to me. At least two. Use up each day. Fill it overflowing with good. Deliberately enjoy it. Two, begin now. Mend a fractured friendship, mail an overdue letter, repair a broken heart, lay aside a griveance, act on a noble impulse. As we all know, "The night cometh"." — Lanny Henninger

People Thinking

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James

Will Power

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

Schopenhauer

Negotiating

“Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the game.”  Vladimir Putin

Negotiating

“Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the game.”  Vladimir Putin

A Friend

"Insomuch as anyone pushes you nearer to God, they are your truest friend." — Author Unknown

Moral Bearings

"We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position." — A. W. Tozer

Be Better

"A Christian in his surroundings should encourage everyone to be better, instead of being the one who stoops to be like everyone else." — Max Lucado

Never too late

"It's never too late to start doing what is right." — Charles Swindoll

New Beginning

"Though no one can go back and make a new beginning - anyone can start from now and make a brand new end." — Carl Brand

Enough

"When you have nothing left but God, then for the first time you become aware that God is enough." — Maude Royden

Truth

All truth goes through three stages - at first it is ridiculed - next it is violently opposed - and then it is accepted as being self evident.

Purpose

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." — William Shedd

When Insults Had Class!

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."--
Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great
pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
dictionary." -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -- Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -- Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a
friend... If you have one." -- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill...

followed by Churchill's response:

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one." -- Winston Churchill

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -- Stephen Bishop

Faith

"Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation." — Andrew Murray