Miscellaneous Favorite Quotes
Wuhu – compiled by Bonnie
” Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
– Sir J. Lubbock
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“Happy are they that hear their detractions and can put them to mending.” –Shakespeare
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“Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love.” –Shakespeare
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definition of repentance:
“The very moment that soul that is dead, cut off, alienated from the very life of God sees himself as a hopeless, helpless, Hell-deserving, and Hell-bound sinner; when that soul sees that Jesus Christ is the only Way, the only Hope, and when he looks away from self; when he REPENTS OF HIS SIN and looks to the finished work of the crucified, buried, and risen Lord for salvation—that very moment, instantaneously, the Spirit of God operates.”
G. Beauchamp Vick
The Biblical Faith of The Baptists
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A creative mess is better than idle tidiness.
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Come in, sit down, relax, converse,
Our house doesn’t always look like this,
Sometimes it’s even worse!
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Trust steadily in God,
Hope unswervingly,
Love extravagantly! ~/~
. . . .from a Beverly LeHaye book
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From the character Jake in Randy Alcorn’s book Deadline:
“. . .And he felt something else. He felt again that he was not alone lying in that darkness. Though he could not see well, and his vision was getting dimmer by the moment, there was someone else nearby whose eyes penetrated the darkness and strove to reach out and touch him. There was the presence of a Savior within, and a God in heaven above, but there was someone else too, someone close and wanting to be closer.” (guardian angel)
Jake’s newfound interest in Bible Study:
“He began to realize how much he’d neglected his intellect feeding on television, videos, newspapers, magazines, and trivial fiction. His mind had stagnated, become cluttered with trivia and politically correct buzzwords that substituted for thought. For the first time in years, maybe decades, his mind was being stretched. It felt good.”
“Jake wrote in his journal, ‘I feel like a sea captain learning for the first time to chart his course by the stars. Until now, I’ve tried to find my way by watching the clouds. But they came and went, changed direction on me, led me nowhere. It’s good to finally have reference points that don’t keep changing.'” ~/~
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“Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.”
from Anne of Green Gables
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“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” George Moore
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“A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.” Chinese proverb
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“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:2
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“I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.” William Penn
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“Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”
Josheph Joubert
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“The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.” [Keep your expectations reasonable]
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Some thoughts from the book James Stewart, Missionary by Ruth Stewart. James Stewart was a missionary to Europe before and after WW II. His work was truly blessed by God and resulted in many converts for Christ.
“It was a great vision and there were some at the time who felt he [James] was too visionary. But the main thing was that he was willing to ‘strike out’ to accomplish something to meet the drastic needs. I read recently a very striking statement which made me think of our situation at the time.
The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball. They fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they attempt things.
The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. He is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be said that he makes no mistakes, because the biggest mistake he makes is the very fact that he tries nothing, and only criticizes those who do things . . .
James used to say concerning people like that, “No runs, no hits, no errors!”
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