"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy (St. Francis)."
Monday, April 30, 2012
Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.)
Let thy food be your medicine and you medicine be thy food (Source). Added 4/30/2012
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time (Source). Added 4/29/2012
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. (Source). Added 2/20/12
I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do (Source). Added 8/25/11
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it'll spend its whole life believing it is stupid (Source). Added 4/27/2012
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted (Source). Added 4/13/2012
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing (Source). Added 9/3/11.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Gerald Ford (1913-2006)
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A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have (Ford Library and Museum). Added 4/22/2012
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Josh Billings (1818-1885)
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can (Source). Added 4/19/2012
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. Added 8/9/2011
For more information on Josh Billings see http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/pfaffs/p167/. Note that his real name was Henry Wheeler Shaw.
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Photo: The photo in this post is in the United States Public Domain because it was published prior to 1923. It was obtained from Wikipedia.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else (Source). Added 4/18/2012
The photo of Booker T. Washington is in the Public Domain.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Arthur Pink (1886-1952)
God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse (Source). Added 4/15/2012
A consciousness of our powerlessness should cast us upon Him who has all power. Here then is where a vision and view of God's sovereignty helps, for it reveals His sufficiency and shows us our insufficiency (Source). Added 8/23/11
A biography of Arthur Pink is at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pink.
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Photo: The photo in this post is in Public Domain because it is over 70 years old. It was obtained from Wikipedia.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Matt Chandler (b. 1974)
Nobody dies early. Added 4/9/2012
Note: Matt Chandler has brain cancer and currently serves as the President of the Acts 29 Network.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song (Source)." Added 4/8/2012.
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)
It took me a long time to learn that God is not the enemy of my enemies. He is not even the enemy of His enemies (Source). Added 4/7/2012
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