Quotes

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“Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind.”

- Ralph W. Sockman

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“Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian. ”

- Andrew Murray

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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is most important is invisible to the eye.”

- The Little Prince

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“Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

- Mark Twain

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“My own behavior baffles me. For I find myself not doing what I really want to do, but doing what I really loathe...I often find that I have the will to do good, but not the power. That is, I don't accomplish the good I set out to do, and the evil I don't really want to I find I am always doing...What a wretched man I am!”

- St. Paul, Romans 7:15-24

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“If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.”

- Mark 8:34-35 (Revised Standard Version)

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“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.”

- Anne Frank

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“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ”

- John 15:12-13 (Revised Standard Version)

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“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

- Dale Carnegie

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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is most important is invisible to the eye.”

- The Little Prince

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“Life is a lighthouse guiding those who are lost, true hope shines on, and even in blackest darkness cannot overcome the power of its light. ”

- Kim Miller

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“Faith is not a cushion for me to fall back upon; it is my working energy.”

- Helen Keller

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“According to Scripture the essence of man consists in this, that he is the image of God. As such he is distinguished from all other creatures and stands supreme as the head and crown of the entire creation.”

- Louis Berkof

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“I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.”

- Booker T. Washington

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“We never question whether something is fair when it's good. But when something bad happens, the first thing we say is, "This isnt fair."”

- Rabbi Roy Walter

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“[The death of Jesus] means the verdict which God will pronounce over us on the day of judgment has been brought into the present. We therefore need not to fear the Judgment Day.”

- Anthony Hoekema

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“Knowledge can be fully given to man only in a Person, never in a doctrine. Faith is not the holding of correct doctrine, but personal fellowship with the living God.”

- William Temple

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Today's Quote “I got really depressed when people said I should think positive. I thought, "If that's what I have to do to survive, I'm never going to make it."”

- John, a 52-year-old with melanoma

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Delightful Amish Proverbs

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“...Our true worth, value, and identity come not from what the world says, but from complete acceptance by God. In and of ourselves, we'll never be enough; we'll wear ourselves out trying.”

- Nancy Stafford

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“It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.”

- Elvis Presley

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“God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supplies.”

- Hudson Taylor

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Let's approach Christmas with an expectant hush, rather than a last-minute rush.

Anonymous

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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Norman Vincent Peale