Tom Clancy Quotes

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The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

Tom Clancy (1947-2013) was an American author who pioneered the techno-thriller genre.

Henry Clay Quotes

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Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Henry Clay (1777-1852) was an American lawyer and statesman.  He served in both houses of the American Congress.  He spent his adult life in the state of Kentucky.

 

J. C. Ryle Quote

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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it.  Speak for Him.  Witness for Him.  Live for Him.

From Isaiah 43:10:  “You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He.  Before Me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after Me.”

John Charles (J. C.) Ryle (1816-1900) was an Anglican bishop in the United Kingdom.

State of Washington Quotes

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The following people were born in the State of Washington.

Kenny Loggins (born 1948 in Everett):  Singer and songwriter

In every moment there is a reason to carry on.  (From “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend'”)

Judy Collins (born 1939 in Seattle):  Singer and songwriter

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.  (From “Trust Your Heart”)

Richard Brautigan (1935-1984, born in Tacoma):  Novelist, poet, and short story writer

The time is right to mix sentences with dirt and the sun with punctuation and rain with verbs.

Left to right:  Kenny Loggins, Judy Collins, Richard Brautigan.  (Courtesy of Pinterest)

Raquel Franco Quote

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You are not alone, and your prayers won’t go unanswered.  The answer will be time, gentle time.

From Ecclesiastes 3:1:  “For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven.”

Raquel Franco is a Venezuelan-born poet who writes from her adopted state of Ohio in the United States.

O. Henry Quotes

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Fortune is the prize to be worn.  Adventure is the road to it.  Chance is what may lurk in the shadows of the roadside.

Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.

O. Henry, the pen name of William Henry Porter (1862-1910), was an American writer who mastered the art of crafting short stories.

John Angell James Quote

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The night is long, and dark, and strong, but the morning must come; and how what a sunrise will it be.

From Psalm 30:4-5:  “Sing praises to the Lord, O you His faithful ones, and give thanks to His holy name.  For His anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime.  Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”

John Angell James (1785-1859) was an English pastor and Christian writer.

Bette Midler Quotes

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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.

Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.

Bette Midler (born 1945) is an American actress, singer, comedian, and author.

David Jeremiah Quote

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With God’s help, we can cultivate our thoughts, pulling up weeds and planting the fertile soil of His Word.

From Colossians 2:6-7:  “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”

David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Hardship forces us to grab hands with one another and pull up closer together.

From Philippians 2:17-18:  “But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you; in the same way also you should rejoice and rejoice together with me.”

Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.