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Baseball Greats Quotes

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left to right:  casey stengel, roy campanella, tommy lasorda, jackie robinson.  (courtesy of pinterest)

Casey Stengel:  Major League Baseball Manager (1890-1975)

There are three things you can do in a baseball game.  You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.

Roy Capanella:  Major League Baseball Player with Brooklyn Dodgers (1921-1993)

You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball.

Tommy Lasorda:  Major League Baseball Manager (1927-2021)

Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts.

Jackie Robinson:  Major League Baseball Player with Brooklyn Dodgers (1919-1972)

Baseball is like a poker game.  Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants to quit when you’re ahead.

Oswald Chambers Quote

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Discipleship is based on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on adherence to a belief or a creed.

From John 21:15-17:  “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?’  He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; You know that I love you.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Feed My lambs.’  A second time He said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love Me?’  He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; You know that I love you.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Tend My sheep.’  He said to him the third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love Me?’  Peter felt hurt because He said to him the third time, ‘Do you love Me?’  And he said to Him, ‘Lord, You know everything; You know that I love you.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Feed My sheep.'”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

John James Audobon Quotes

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The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

John James Audobon (1785-1851) was a French-American artist, naturalist, and ornithologist.  His most famous work, entitled “The Birds of America”, captured North American birds with a detailed collection of 435 hand-colored prints.

Ralph Erskine Quote

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God’s justice indeed must be satisfied; and there is no way in the world to give satisfaction to God, but by believing in Christ.

From Acts 4:11-12:  “This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’  There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”

Ralph Erskine (1685-1752) was a Scottish-born pastor and Christian writer.

Bob Ross Quotes

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All it takes is just a little change of perspective and you begin to see a whole new world.

We each see the world in our own way.  That’s what makes it such a special place.

Bob Ross (1942-1995) was an American painter and art instructor.  He served as television host of “The Joy of Painting” on PBS from 1983-1994.

William Booth Quote

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The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.

From Matthew 11:28:  “Come to Me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”

William Booth (1829-1912) was an English preacher; who along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army.

John Ortberg Quote

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The best place to start doing life with God is in small moments.

From Psalm 33:18-19:  “Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love, to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.”

John Ortberg (born 1957) is an American pastor as well as a Christian author and speaker.

Georgia O’Keeffe Quotes

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If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small.  We haven’t time, and to see takes time–like to have a friend takes time.

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was an American modernist painter whose career spanned seven decades.  She was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quote

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Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God:  But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

From Exodus 3:4-5:  “When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, ‘Moses, Moses!’  And he said, ‘Here I am.’  Then He said, ‘Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.'”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era.  Her published works earned popularity in both Great Britain and the United States.

Fredrik Backman Quotes

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All roads lead to something you were predestined to do.

Everyone is a hundred different things, but in other people’s eyes we usually get the chance to be only one of them.

Fredrik Backman (born 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist.