Love people, not things; use things, not people.
God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.
Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.
Do it.
Women who have a deep appreciation for the past will be concerned about shaping a righteous future.
Henry Ward Beecher expressed the thought this way: “I can forgive but I cannot forget is another way of saying I cannot forgive.
He who cannot learn by others’ mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool.
I am convinced that each of us, at some time in our lives, must discover the scriptures for ourselves – and not just discover them once, but rediscover them again and again.
How could a person possibly become what he is not thinking? Nor is any thought, when persistently entertained, too small to have its effect. The ‘divinity that shapes our ends’ is indeed ourselves.
Life gives to all the choice. You can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish. You can be common, ordinary, dull, colorless, or yyou can channel your life so that it will be clean, vibrant, useful, progressive, colorful, and rich.
There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say to the Lord, humbly, ‘Give me this MOUNTAIN,’ give me these challenges.
Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.
Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.
I have learned that it is by serving that we learn how to serve. When we engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them but we put our own problems in fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves.