Sunday, December 31, 2017

Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye (1850-1896)

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't (Good Reads - Bill Nye). Added 12/31/2017



More information on Bill Nye is on his Wikipedia Page. Note that this is not the same Bill Nye who is known as The Science Guy.

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Billy Graham (1918-2018)

Billy Graham


Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him--not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands--for our confidence in the future (Billy Graham in Quotes). Added 12/24/2017

Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone (21 Uplifting Billy Graham Quotes). Added 1/3/2016

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

John Wooden (1910-2010)




Make each day your masterpiece (Quoted on The Wooden Effect). Added 12/20/2017

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me (Quoted on Susan Garrett's Dog Agility Blog). Added 5/23/2014

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over (ESPN.com)?  Added 5/11/2012


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Saturday, December 9, 2017

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)


C.S. Lewis

 
Featured Quotes

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don't agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ (Good Reads - Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer). Added 12/9/2017

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world (Source). Added 3/7/2012

Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy ( Source- Mere Christianity). Added 12/2/2012

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us (Source). Added 11/25/2012

Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose (Source--The Four Loves). Added 11/16/2012

Christianity, if false, if of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important (Source). Added 2/1/2012

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you (Source). Added 9/1/2011

The more often a person feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act (Source). Added 8/18/2011

Helpful C.S. Lewis Links 
Into the Wardrobe
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