Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish-born playwright, critic, and political activist.
The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
From Isaiah 40:31: “Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.“
Alexander MacLaren (1826-1910) was an Scottish-born pastor and Christian writer.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. He was a leading voice in America’s transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.
The lost are in need of spiritual surgery. They need to meet the Great Physician and allow Him to restore them to spiritual health and vitality.
From Matthew 9:11-12: “When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.'”
David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.
What value does ethnicity have to do with one’s universal creative consciousness. Nature is constantly reinventing itself, and that is how I relate to ethnicity.
What I do with landscapes is internalize my emotional interpretation of desire, hope, fear, and love. So, instead of a landscape, it’s a mindscape.
Richard Mayhew (1924-2024) was an American artist. His abstract landscapes convey inner states and feelings.
God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.
From Ephesians 2:4-5: “God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.”
Phillip Yancey (born 1949) is an American Christian author.
If the church would only be the church–if Christians would only be Christians–nothing could halt our onward march.
From Galatians 6:10: “So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.”
Vance Havner (1901-1986) was an American pastor and Christian author. During his many years of service to the Lord, he preached throughout America.
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) was an American author and motivational speaker. He inspired many with his wit, optimism, and Christian faith.
We can be assured that each step deeper into the Lord’s presence will reveal areas in our hearts which need to be cleansed.
From Romans 15:5-6: “May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Francis Frangipane (born 1946) is an American pastor and Christian author.
Love lights more fire than hate extinguishes.
The two kinds of people on earth are the people who lift and the people who lean.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) was an American writer and poet. Her most famous poem was “Solitude” which begins with the following line: “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.”
