Quotes

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“Why is the Atheist’s main target always Jesus of Nazareth, and never Buddha, Confucius, or Mohammed? Why is the aspiring athlete’s target always the true champion and never the also-rans?”

- Unknown?

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“Whenever you fall, pick something up.”

- Oswald Avery

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“It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.”

- Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, "Seek That Which Is Above"

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“Let no one come to you without leaving better and happier.”

- Mother Teresa

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“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. ”

- Matthew 5:13 (Revised Standard Version)

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“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”

- James Dean

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Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah

-Matthew 16:13-20

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“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.”

- Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.”

- Sam Ewing

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“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”

- Paul Boese

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Are you weak? Weary? Confused? Troubled? Pressured? How is your relationship with God? Is it held in its place of priority? I believe the greater the pressure, the greater your need for time alone with Him.

 

-Kay Arthur

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“I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.”

- Agatha Christie

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“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.”

- Bruce Barton

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“Without humility heart all the other virtues by which one run toward God seem-and are-absolutely worthless.”

- John Climacus

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“Hearing is one of the body's five senses. But listening is an art.”

- Frank Tyger

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“There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose. ”

- Elbert Hubbard