| July 31, 2005 |
In
God's holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a
handkerchief.
These handkerchiefs are called saints.
-Frederic Buechner [Adapted] |
| July 30, 2005 |
Where
there is great love,
There are always miracles.
-Willa Cather |
| July 29, 2005 |
Love
your enemies,
For they tell you your faults.
-Benjamin Franklin |
| July 28, 2005 |
It's
good to have money and the things money can buy;
But it's good, too, to check up once in a while
To make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.
-George H. Lorimer |
| July 27, 2005 |
A
fanatic is a person who does what he thinks the Lord would do
If only He knew the facts of the case.
-Finley Peter Dunne |
| July 26, 2005 |
Children
have never been very good at listening to their elders,
But they have never failed to imitate them.
-James Baldwin |
| July 25, 2005 |
We
can often better help others by fanning a glimmer of goodness
Than by censuring their faults.
-Edmund Gibson [Adapted] |
| July 24, 2005 |
There
are two kinds of people:
The just, who consider themselves sinners,
And the sinners, who consider themselves just.
-Pascal, Pensees, 1670 |
| July 23, 2005 |
Don't
be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated.
You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.
-David Lloyd George |
| July 22, 2005 |
The
tragedies that now blacken and darken the very air of heaven for us,
Will sink into their places in a scheme so august, so magnificent, so
joyful,
That we shall laugh for wonder and delight.
-Arthur C. Bacon |
| July 21, 2005 |
Remember
that the faith that moves mountains
Always carries a pick. |
| July 20, 2005 |
What
we do speaks so loudly
That others often cannot hear what we say. |
| July 19, 2005 |
When
God is involved, anything can happen ...
Be open. Stay that way.
God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken
chords.
-Charles Swindoll |
| July 18, 2005 |
We
can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark;
The real tragedy of life is when we are afraid of the light. |
| July 17, 2005 |
Don't
bother to give God instructions;
Just report for duty.
-Corrie ten Boom |
| July 16, 2005 |
Why
do we rush toward complexity,
Yet yearn for simplicity?
-G. K. Chesterton [Adapted] |
| July 15, 2005 |
If
you put a small value upon yourself,
Rest assured that the world will not raise your price. |
| July 14, 2005 |
Nothing
that is worth doing
Can be achieved in a lifetime.
-Reinhold Niebuhr |
| July 13, 2005 |
Anger
is only one letter short of danger. |
| July 12, 2005 |
Christ
has made all our sunsets into dawns.
-Clement of Alexandria |
| July 11, 2005 |
Tradition
is a method of holding the many back,
While some person does the thing everyone else has declared is
impossible. |
| July 10, 2005 |
If
the church were perfect,
None of us would be allowed in.
-R. Maurice Boyd [Adapted] |
| July 9, 2005 |
A
belief is something you hold.
A conviction is something that holds you. |
| July 8, 2005 |
In
God's army,
Only the wounded may serve.
-Thornton Wilder [Adapted] |
| July 7, 2005 |
All
God asks is our attention.
-W. B. Yeats |
| July 6, 2005 |
In
a world of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
-George Orwell |
| July 5, 2005 |
Faith
is always personal,
But it is never private. |
| July 4, 2005 |
Freedom
fails when people decide that it is their right to take and not to give.
-Stanley F. Maxwell |
| July 3, 2005 |
Duty
is ours; results are God's.
-John Quincy Adams |
| July 2, 2005 |
If
we only have the will to walk,
Then God is pleased with our stumbles.
-C.S. Lewis |
| July 1, 2005 |
Courage
is fear that has said its prayers.
-Dorothy Bernard |
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