Time is something that fills the empty spaces of life.
An overnight success is ten years in the making.
Tom Clancy (1947-2013) was an American author who pioneered the techno-thriller genre.
Tom Clancy Quotes
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American Proverbs Quotes
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The road to the head lies through the heart.
Maturity Blossoms (Haiku Series #335)
Innocence
Born into this world
Gifted with abilities—
Using for goodness
Perseverance
Watching out for self
Keeping hungry wolves away—
Nourished in spirit
Incentive
Many roads ahead
Opportunity’s pathway—
Making wise choices
Trusting to Grow (Elfchen Series #254)
Faithfulness
Embracing
God’s wisdom
Accepting priceless truth
Overcoming through His understanding
Perseverance
Steadfastness
Practicing
Daily self-discipline
Listening to God
Maturing from righteous lessons
Diligence
Happiness
Honoring
Unconditional love
Mother and Father
Guided by Spirit above
Family
Samuel Johnson Quote
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
From Proverbs 23:23: “Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.”
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English writer. Many of his published works featured insightful essays, sermons, and poems.
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th President of the United States.
Charles Stanley Quote
Disturbing times should remind us we are only pilgrims on this earth. Our citizenship is in a heavenly kingdom that can never be shaken.
From Psalm 46:1-3: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.”
Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quote
If Jesus returns tomorrow, then tomorrow I’ll rest from my labor. But today I have work to do. I must continue the struggle until it’s finished.
From Galatians 6:9: “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.”
German-born Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. Many of his writings express the role of Christianity in mankind’s daily lives. He paid the ultimate price for his activism against the Nazi regime during World War II.
Randy Pausch Quotes
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
When we’re connected to others, we become better people. [Both quotes come from Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” given on September 18, 2007.]
Randy Pausch (1960-2008) was an American educator and professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. His life was cut short by pancreatic cancer, but he persevered to share his final lecture a few months before his death.
Mary Higgins Clark
If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.
Happiness is like mercury. Hard to hold, and when we drop it, it shatters into a million pieces. Maybe the bravest of all are those who have the courage to reach for it again.
Mary Higgins Clark (1927-2020) was an American writer of suspense novels.
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