Thoughts .
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Get down
on your knees and thank God you're on your feet
The strength of a man consists in
finding out the way God is going, and going that way
Until you make peace with who you
are, you'll never be content with what you have
A gentleman is a gentle man
(The called man) sees himself as a
steward...He's obedient rather than ambitious, committed rather than
competitive. For him, nothing is more important than pleasing the one who
called him
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Measure
wealth not by the things you have, but by the things for which you would not
take money
To handle a hard situation, try a
soft answer
The foolish man seeks happiness in
the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet
Seek God first and the things you
want will seek you
The strength of a man consists in
finding out the God is going, then going that way
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If there
be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives
Men for the sake of getting a living
forget to live
If a man cannot be a Christian where
he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere
You cannot live a perfect day without
doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you
Every man is enthusiastic at
times. One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another has it for 30
days--but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of life
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The best
way to teach character is to have it around the house
The who wins may have been counted
out several times, but he didn't hear the referee
It is impossible for that man to
despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent
Give the devil an inch and he will be
your ruler
Dusty Bibles lead to DIRTY lives
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God sends
no one away except those that are full of themselves
Love is most needed when it is not
deserved
The world is most blessed by men who
do things, and not by those who merely talk about them
Authority without wisdom is like a
heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than to polish
If you can't sleep, don't count
sheep. Talk to the Shepherd
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Responsibility
is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the
world that develops us, gives us manhood...fiber
The measure of a man is not what he
does on Sunday, but rather who he is on Monday through Saturday
Big people monopolize the
listening. Small people monopolize the talking
It is the challenges and hardships of
life that bring out the powerful giant within us
No person was ever honored for what
he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave
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A superior
man...stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others
When someone does you wrong, don't do
what comes naturally; do what comes supernaturally--love him
Men will spend their health getting
wealth; then gladly pay all they have earned to get health back
When you are DOWN to nothing.... God
is UP to something
The first duty of love is to listen
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If you
tell the truth, then you don't have to remember anything
Reputation is made in a moment,
character is built in a lifetime
The surest way to make a good
impression is to be yourself
Trust in yourself and you are doomed
to disappointment...trust in money and you may have it taken from you...But
trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity
Give
light, and the darkness will disappear of itself
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Christians can cope with their past because of their hope in the future
Forbidden fruits create many
"jams"
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
Character is what you are in the dark
The amount of sleep required by the
average person is just five minutes more
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Honor is
better than honors
It is not what a man does that
determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it
Live truth instead of professing it
What would the child you were
yesterday think of the grown-up you've become today?
Impossibilities vanish when a man and
his God confront a mountain
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When God
measures a man, He puts the tape around the heart instead of the head
The easy way out rarely is
The way each day will look to you all
starts with who you're looking to
Confidence
is not demonstrated by arrogance. It is evidenced by patience
The secret to a rich life is to have
more beginnings than endings
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Light
travels much faster than sound, which explains why some people appear very
bright until they speak
If you
can't see the bright side, polish the dull side
They may forget what you say, but
they will never forget how you made them feel
The best way to multiply happiness is
to divide it
True beauty is having the courage to
be yourself
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Admit you
mistakes . . . before someone exaggerates them
Powerful
abilities come from patient, focused practice
There are two ways to look at
things--the way you see it and the way it is
The best thing you can do behind
someone's back is pat it
A family altar can alter a family
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Laughter:
the shortest distance between two people
See this
day with the awe it deserves. It is a blessing with no equal
You know you are getting older when
happy hour is a nap
A
goal is a dream without a deadline
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
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Hearing
is a gift, listening is an art
After
every blessing expect a test
You were born an original, don't die
a copy
Successful
people do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do
Every child born is a sign from God
that He is not yet discouraged with man
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What ever
you focus on expands
All time
spent angry is time lost being happy
Attitude is the paintbrush of the
day; it can color any situation
The years in
your life are less important than the life in your years
We are the
disciples that God has spoken into, so now we can look directly into the storm
and speak "Peace.....be still'
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Every
action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity
If at first
you DO succeed, try something harder
Remember, no
one can drive you crazy until you give them the keys
If you think about it twice, don't do
it once
Never look down on someone unless you
are helping them up
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When fleeing
temptation, don't leave a forwarding address
If you want to test a person's
character, give them power
If you're planning to build anything
to an impressive height, be sure you first have a strong foundation in place
God doesn't call the equipped, He
equips the called
The more you dwell on the past, the
longer it will last
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The real person you are is revealed
in the moments when you're certain no other person is watching
When a father teaches his son, he
teaches his son's son
The bad news is time flies. The
good news is you're the pilot
Hope sees the invisible, feels the
intangible, and achieves the impossible
Promise only what you can
deliver. Then deliver more than you can promise
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It's never
too late to be what you might have been
There is no
end to the good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit
It's better to give then to lend, and
it will cost about the same
You may have the right to your
opinion, but that doesn't make your opinion right
Happiness is never stopping to think
you are
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Don't be concerned with what you can
get away with. Be concerned with what you can accomplish
Love is being able to walk hand in
hand even when you don't see eye to eye
Only those that attempt the absurd
can achieve the impossible
No one is so poor that he can't
afford to be nice
Do the thing you fear and the death
of fear is certain
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Be sure the going up is worth the
going down
You won't be happy with more until
you're happy with what you've got
When the game is over the king &
pawn go back into the same box
Do dirty, you get dirty
Don't even let the THOUGHT of FAILURE
enter your mind
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Anger gets us into trouble.
Pride keeps us there
If you don't go within, you go
without
Nothing is as strong as gentleness or
as gentle as strength
It's good to know He'll catch you
when you fall--it's better to know you don't have to fall at all
Those that say it can't be done
should not interrupt those that are doing it
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Be careful with your tongue.
It's in a wet place and can easily slip
When your work speaks for itself,
don't interrupt
Perhaps you can't be a star, but you
need not be a cloud
If life seems like it's all uphill .
. . you must be on your way towards reaching your peak
Knowledge comes & goes but wisdom
sticks around
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The secret to a rich life is having
more beginnings than endings
Not getting everything you want isn't
always a bad thing
A minute of thought is worth more
than an hour of talk
The poorest person is not the one
without a cent, but the one without a dream
When life deals you a lemon,
make lemonade
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When life hands you lemons, squeeze
out a smile
Avoid biting when a simple growl will
do
Better to sleep on things beforehand
than to lie awake about them afterward
Look closely . . . what looks good
afar off is often far no good
Nothing changed but my attitude, yet
everything changed
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You can always find what you're NOT
looking for
Create a little signal so that you
can let your wife (or husband) know that you love them from across the room
Money is replaceable. . . time
isn't
Life is like a field of newly fallen
snow--wherever I choose to walk my footsteps will show
If you laugh a lot throughout your
life, when you get older all of the wrinkles will be in the right places
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Today is the tomorrow I worried about
yesterday
Worry is wasting today's time
cluttering up tomorrow's opportunities with yesterday's troubles
Educating the mind without educating
the heart is no education at all
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the
handle that fits them all
I'm not a "has-been" . . .
I'm a "will be"
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A torn jacket is soon mended, but
hard words bruise the heart
Give a man a fish feed him for a day,
teach a man how to fish feed him for a lifetime
Don't dwell on what you spent, but on
what it meant
Have a heart that never hardens, a
temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts
Say what is easily forgotten.
Do what is overlooked. Think what is everlasting
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Just when I was getting used to
yesterday, along came today
The most precious gift can never be
bought, that is, a simple act of kindness
The most important thing about
Christmas is how you spend it--not how much you spend on it
Harmony in the home leads to peace in
the world
Before you ask the question, be sure
you want to know the answer
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One thing you can't recycle is wasted
time
Speak without being offensive; listen
without being defensive
If you remain patient in a moment of
anger, you'll avoid many days of misery
You can give without loving, but you
can't love without giving
Praise loudly, blame softly
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Good old days start with good new
days like today
Take time before time takes you
People rarely succeed at anything
unless they have fun doing it
Life is a mystery to be lived, not a
puzzle to be solved
Life is full of shadows, but sunshine
made them all
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If only we could tell our fallen that
the battle had been won
One good thing about going the extra
mile, there's never a lot of traffic
Keep your temper - no one else wants
it
It's better to love people and use
things than to love things and use people
The greatest ability is dependability
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The man who sees paradise around,
sees the paradise within
To get to heaven; turn right and keep
straight
Yesterdays trash becomes the compost for tomorrows
flowers
It's hard to be hateful, when you're grateful.
The mind is like a TV, when it goes blank it's
best to turn the sound off.
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Feed you faith and doubt will starve to death.
Smart is the man that believes only half of what
he hears. Brilliant is the man that knows which half.
No one stands taller than a man that kneels for a
child.
Don't look thru me--see me through.
It isn't the size of the mountain in front of you,
but the pebble in your shoe that affects your walk.
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