“I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.” J. R. R. Tolkien

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill

God protects us from harm in a 110-foot fall, but we're still nervous about three-foot heights. The God who saved us from hell and death can protect us from the smaller dangers we face this week. Greg Asimakoupoulos

“He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.” William Shakespeare

When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess

Don't miss the beautiful colors of the rainbow while you're looking for the pot of gold at the end of it! Barbara Johnson

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” C.S. Lewis

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road." Henry Ward Beecher

Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around... You, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around... pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly... And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place. William P Young

Faith is a refusal to panic. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience. French Proverb

I often think: "A life is like a day; it goes by so fast. If I am so careless with my days, how can I be careful with my life?" I know that somehow I have not fully come to believe that urgent things can wait while I attend to what is truly important. It finally boils down to a question of deep and strong conviction. Once I am truly convinced that preparing the heart is more important than preparing the Christmas tree, I will be a lot less frustrated at the end of a day. Henri J.M. Nouwen

“This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.” C S Lewis

Hope is hearing the melody of the future. Faith is to dance to it. Rubem Alves

“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some” Charles Dickens

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are. C S Lewis

“Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.”

But forgiveness is not an emotion... Forgiveness is an act of will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. Corrie Ten Boom

In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn... to go through hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God- this is the challenge and the way. Abraham Heschel

Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it. Ann Landers

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer. Corrie Ten Boom

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Concentrate not on what you're going to get, but on what your going to give. Luke Wright

True Beauty

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk in the knowledge that you are never alone. Audrey Hepburn

Two roads diverge in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comforts. It is not the sort of comfort they supply there. C S Lewis

Love unexpressed, is not love at all. C S Lewis

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. William Shakespeare

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side, my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. Abraham Lincoln

It has been said that seperating faith and works is like seperating the heat and the light from a candle. You know both are produced by the candle. You know they are not the same thing. You also know you can not seperate them. Robert C Shannon

I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else. C S Lewis

The men may be the head of the house but the women are the neck and they can turn the head anyway they want. Maria Portokalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Jewish Proverb

Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society's own level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smilingly accepting its surrender. A W Tozer

I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down. Abraham Lincoln

He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot

And they were filled with awe and said among themselves, “Who is this man, that even the winds and seas obey him?” John Mark (Harmony)

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. Abraham Lincoln

The dignity of standing still will never win the prize; we must run for it. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless. Mother Theresa

Persistent faith helps us to face the music, even when we don't like the tune. Rev. James Jennings

If we have no peace, it is because we forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Theresa

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will. A. W. Tozer

Honor your commitments with integrity. Les Brown

A ship in the harbor is safe; but that is not what ships are built for. John A Shedd

Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see. William Newton Clark

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility. Michael McKinney

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr.

Conviction without action is wasted emotion.

Faith is the deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. Oswald Chambers

Have old memories but young hopes.

To be blind is bad, but worse it is to have eyes an not see. Helen Keller

Faith does not pray for bushels of blessings and then carry a pint measure to receive them.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. Charles H Spurgeon

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. Albert Schweitzer

Feed your faith and your doubt will starve to death.

A tree is known by it's fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost. St. Basil

The worth of a man is revealed in his attitude toward ordinary things when he is not before the footlights. Oswald Chambers

Oh my soul...be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions. T. S. Eliot

Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you" When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. John 20:19b-20 NKJ

We're not justifying it. We are redeeming it. Papa The Shack by William P Young

Faith is developed more by action than argument Croft M Pentz

It is a thin margin between keeping your chin up and sticking your neck out. Croft M Pentz

Loneliness is a condition of the heart, not a physical circumstance.

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. J R R Tolkien

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. Wilbur Wright

It is not what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

He's not weak you know. Valuing life is not weakness and disregarding it is not strength. Mirage The Incredibles

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Benjamin Franklin

People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa...I never made a sacrifice. We ought not to talk of 'sacrifice' when we remember the great sacrifice which He made who left His Father's throne on high to give Himself for us. David Livingston

The secret to leadership is to see your position as an opportunity to serve, not a trumpet call to self importance. J Donald Walters

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious. Bill Meyers

A gentle answer turns away wrath but a harsh word stirs up anger. Provers 15:1

It's not what men eat, but what they digest that makes them strong; Not what we gain, but what we save that makes us rich; Not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned; Not what we preach or pray, but what we practice and believe that makes us Christians. Francis Bacon

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop then when we soar. William Wordsworth

Faith is not anti-intellectual. It is an act of man that reaches beyond the limits of our five senses. Billy Graham (1918- )

It is not the critic who counts, not the person who points out where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes up short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the devotions, and spends himself or herself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his or her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

I think what has this day brought me, and what have I given it? Henry Moore

Nothing is taught until it is learned and nothing is learned until it is put into practice. Herbert Hartzel

A single grain of rice can tip the scale; one man maybe the difference between victory and defeat. Emperor from Mulan

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge, let your learning lead to action.

Some days there won't be a song in your heart, sing anyway. Emory Austin

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

'You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.' Eleanor Roosevelt

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. Paul Tournier

You have never really lived until you've done something for someone who can never repay you.

People are more important anything we have and most things we do.

The enemies a person makes by taking a stand will have more respect for him than the friends he makes by being on the fence Proverb

Only those who risk going to far, can possibly find out how far one can go. T. S. Elliot

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it. Ralph Marston

I think I will never run out of things to accomplish, as long as I'm alive, because there's so much to learn, and so much to do. I always feel like I have so much further to go personally, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically. Queen Latifah

Lord...give me the faith to be renewed and shared with others each day. Teach me to live this moment only, looking neither to the past with regret, nor the future with apprehension. Let love be my aim and my life a prayer. Roseann Alexander-Isham

Take into account that great love, and great achievement, involve great risk.

We see things not as they are, but as we are. H. M. Tomlinson

Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their image on men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer. Blaisel Pascal

Life is a coin, you can spend it any way you wish, but you can spend it only once. ~ Lillian Dickson

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Forgiveness is giving up your right to punish another. Dennis Rainey

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another. Jean Paul Richter

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo

Carve you name on hearts and not on marble. Charles H Spurgeon

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. Elbert Hubbard

For each of us the time is surely coming when we shall have nothing but God. Health and wealth and friends and hiding places will all be swept away, and we shall have only God. To the man of pseudo faith that is a terrifying thought, but to real faith it is one of the most comforting thoughts the heart can entertain. A. W. Tozer

When a man is gloomy everything seems to go wrong: when he is cheerful everything seems to go right.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid. Albert Schweitzer

The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.

The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little. Montaigne

Character, not circumstances, makes the man. Booker T Washington

Thanksgiving is a good thing; thanks living is better.

Victory is sweetest, when you've known defeat. Eric Hoffer

And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kind: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind" and it was so. Genesis 1:24

Few things can help a individual more then to place responsibility on him. and to let him know you trust him. Booker T Washington

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21