The most important thing to do is really listen.
Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself.
Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist.
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Richard Baxter Quote
The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree.
From James 1:14-15: “But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.”
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was an English-born, Puritan pastor and Christian theologian.
Loretta Young Quotes
A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.
What you don’t know intrigues you more than what you do know.
Loretta Young (1913-2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child in 1916, her career continued until 1989. In 1947, she earned an Academy Award as Best Actress for her performance in “The Farmer’s Daughter.”
Wendell Berry Quote
Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders. It is our daily bread.
From Psalm 19:-2: “The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims His handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.”
Wendell Berry (born 1934) is an American novelist and poet. Much of his writing embraces the goodness of protecting our environment and preserving agriculture’s way of life.
A. W. Pink Quote
Christ is the key which unlocks the golden doors into the temple of Divine truth.
From John 10:7-9: “So again Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by Me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.'”
Arthur Walkington (A. W.) Pink (1886-1952) was an English Bible teacher and Christian writer. Following his death, many of his writings were well-received by readers. This turnabout established him as an influential evangelical author.
Georgia Quotes
Each of the following people were born in the American state of Georgia. Enjoy their collective wisdom and observations.
Sidney Lanier (1842-1881) Born in Macon, musician and poet
Music is love in search of a word.
Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) Born in Savannah, founder of the Girl Scouts
The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.
Lewis Grizzard (1946-1994) Born in Fort Benning, writer and humorist
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.
Left to right: sidney lanier, juliette gordon low, lewis grizzard. (courtesy of pinterest)
John Angell James Quote
Afflictions tend to wean us from the world–and to fix our affections on things above.
From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.“
John Angell James (1785-1859) was an English pastor and Christian writer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) was an American jurist who later served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1902-1932.
Louise Hay Quote
I see a blanket of benevolence covering the planet, helping to transform Earth’s consciousness from fear to love.
From 1 Corinthians 1:30-31: “In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, in order that, as it is written, ‘Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'”
Louise Hay (1926-2017) was an American author and motivational speaker.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian writer and journalist. Numerous critics rank him as one of the finest novelists in all of world literature.
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