Real Life Quotes

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2012-01-19T19:25:00.000-08:00

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Drive for show. But putt for dough." -- Bobby Locke (PGA golfer)

Gospel

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The Gospel of Christ

Heart of God

Influence

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The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. -- Duguet

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come." --Victor Hugo (1802-1885); French author.

The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality. -- John Quincy Adams

Think

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Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts. -- F. Fénelon

Records

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Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts. -- Earl Campbell (NFL fullback)

Life

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Beauty, truth, friendship, love, creation - these are the great values of life. We can't prove them, or explain them, yet they are the most stable things in our lives. -- Jesse Herman Holmes

Rodney Dangerfield

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Today's quotes dedicated to Rodney Dangerfield who passed from this life.

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.-- Rodney Dangerfield

Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me. Basement? --Rodney Dangerfield

Are you participating in the passion and action of your times? Or, are you "hunkered" down in the grass like a toad on mowing day, just trying to survive? Like Rodney Dangerfield, you find yourself tugging at your tie and saying, "I can't get no respect."

Facts

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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.-- John Quincy Adams

Sacrifice

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What am I willing to sacrifice for what I want to become?

Attitude

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I have learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Herm Albright

Church

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The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion. -- John Wesley

God

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People see God every day; they just don't recognize Him. ---Pearl Bailey 1918-1990

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol. ---Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945

Anxiety

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Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. C. H. Spurgeon

We do not know what will come. But we do know who will come. And if the last hour belongs to us, we do not need to fear the next minute. Helmet Thielicke.

Anger

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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

Anger is a prelude to courage. Eric Hoffer

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly - hurt, bitterness, grief and, most of all, fear. Joan Rivers, Still Talking (Reader's Digest, July 1993)

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. - Seneca

He who angers you conquers you. Elizabeth Kenny (1886-1952) Nurse

He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. Japanese proverb

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. William Congreve, "The Mourning Bride"

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. Marcus Aurelius

I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. Frances Willard (1839-1898) Educator

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. Chinese Proverb

Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice. Stanley Horowitz

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats Memoirs

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Carrie Fisher

Someone has said, "He is a real match head"

Speak when you're angry--and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Henry Ward Beecher

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. Bede Jarrett, The House of Gold

Age

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Ah, the golden years. When actions creak louder than words.

At my age flowers scare me. George Burns

Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are " XL."

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? Satchel Paige (c. 1906-1982) Professional baseball player

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious. --Glenda Jackson (Actor and politician )

If youth only knew; if age only could. Henri Estienne

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it; at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere. George Burns

In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation. Roger Allen

Middle age is when you burn the midnight oil around 9 PM.

Middle age is when your age starts to show around the middle. Bob Hope (1903-2003) Entertainer

No one grows old by living - only by losing interest in living. - Marie Ray

Old age and the wear of time teach many things. --Sophocles (c. 496-405 B.C.) Playwright

One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

People do not quit playing because they grow old . . . They grow old because they quit playing. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Lucille Ball

To enter the country of old age is a new experience, different from what you supposed it to be. Nobody, man or woman, knows the country until he has lived in it and has taken out his citizenship papers. Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) Literary critic and editor

When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.-- Herbert Henry Asquith

Truth

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FactCheck
Truth or Fiction

Apology

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An apology is saying the right thing after doing the wrong thing.

Troubles and Trials

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"Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things... We are always in the forge, or on the anvil; by trials, God is shaping us for higher things." --Henry Ward Beecher

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. -- English proverb

Positive

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Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you had aimed at an object on a level with yourself. -- F. Hawes

I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves. -- Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild TV show

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someone else. -- John Burroughs

Many people believe that support is something that you give to someone you feel sorry for or that it means propping up someone who would fail unless you were there to give him a boost. But that's not the way I see it. Support is the boost you can give someone who can help himself but who needs a partner to open a window or push aside a roadblock. -- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's

Because I've always felt, whether the fatwa or whatever, the writer's great weapon is the truth and integrity of his voice. And as long as what you're saying is what you truly, honestly believe to be the case, then whatever the consequences, that's fine. That's an honorable position. -- Salman Rushdie

There is much satisfaction in work well done, but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands. -- Victor Robinsoll

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. -- James Truslow Adams

You can find on the outside only what you possess on the inside. -- Adolfo Montiel Ballesteros

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without. -- Martin Luther

You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working. -- Emmet Fox

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. -- Carrie Fisher

Thoughts To Live By

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ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, t heir conversational skills will be as important as any other.

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.

FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN! .... When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.

EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.

Billy Graham Quotes

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“My one purpose in life is to help people find a personal relationship with God, which, I believe, comes through knowing Christ.”

“Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.”

“The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.”

“The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.”

“It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.”

“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.”

“A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.”

“Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion – it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.”

“Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.”

“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.”

“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.”

“Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.”

“God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.”

“God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.”

“God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, "I love you."”

“God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.”

“God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.”

“I just want to lobby for God.”

“I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.”

“If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.”

“If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.”

“Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.”

“My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.”

“Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.”

“Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.”

“Only those who want everything done for them are bored.”

“Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.”

“Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?”

“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”

“The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'”

“The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.”

“The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.”

“The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.”

“The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.”

“There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.”

“We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.”

“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.”

“You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.”

Action

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You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Heart

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It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to. --C. S. Lewis

The heart is wiser than the intellect. --Josiah Holland

God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. --Richard J. Foster

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own heart. --Albert Einstein (1879-1955); physicist and mathematician.

Listen

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A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas. --Agnes Repplier

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. --Rebecca Falls

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. --Doug Larson

‘Silent’ and ‘listen’ are spelled with the same letters.

Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything. --Herb Gardner

Light

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Life is a roller-coaster. Try to eat a light lunch. --David Schmaltz

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. --Glenn Clark

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. --Douglas Adams

Because of God’s tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.” Luke 1:78-79 (NLT)

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. --Plato

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. --Chinese proverb

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same. --Nelson Mandela

Remember, a small light will do a great deal when it is in a very dark place. Put one little tallow candle in the middle of a large hall, and it will give a good deal of light. --Dwight L. Moody