
Peace is not something you wish for; it’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away.
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

Peace is not something you wish for; it’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away.
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.
There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) remains one of America’s most influential voices in the public arena of civil rights. These quotes came from a speech given at the Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967 (almost exactly a year before his tragic assassination).

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

We can either walk in the world’s darkness or God’s light.
From Ephesians 5:10-11: “Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.”

God deserves first place in your life . . . and you deserve the experience of putting Him there.
From Exodus 20:1-3: “Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.”

Instead of looking at what’s depressing, look at what’s a blessing.
Spend less time trying to change someone and more time trying to love and understand them.

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out toward God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
From Ephesians 3:17-19: “And that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

A man is in a great place when he has no one to turn to but God.
From Hebrews 9:24: “For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but He entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.”

When you are tempted to take matters into your own hands, remember the Lord’s guidance.
From Isaiah 30:15: “For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”