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Inspirational Quotations
"Love the earth and the sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to "Always witness to the Gospel of love and justice; use words if necessary." ~ Quaker saying. "We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force. There is still a voice crying out through the vista of time, saying: Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you. Then and only then can you matriculate into the university of eternal life. That same voice cries out in terms lifted to cosmic proportions: he who lives by the sword will perish by the sword. And history is replete with the bleached bones of nations that failed to follow this commnad. We must follow nonviolence and love." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There are "plenty of Christians today who are confident in thinking they know precisely the purposes of God and appear perfectly assured that they are doing it. They are confident that God hates those whose faith differs from their own and happy to concur with that hatred". ~ Wendell Berry "The dreamers are the saviors of the world." ~ James Allen "Those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi "Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom." ~ James Allen "Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar." ~ William Wordsworth, 1798 "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." ~ Albert Einstein "In God's wildness lies the hope of the world -- the great fresh unlighted, unredeemed wilderness." ~ John Muir "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile." ~ Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary) "Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul." ~ Edward Abbey "Jesus didn't turn people away; neither do we." ~ United Church of Christ "No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here." ~ United Church of Christ "Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself." ~ Oprah Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car. ~ Laurence J. Peter God's answers are wiser than our prayers. ~ Unknown Do God's will as if it were thy will, and he will accomplish thy will
as if it were his own. "The path to holiness lies through questioning everything." ~ M. Scott Peck "We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force." ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe "When you recognize that nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you." ~ Lao Tsu "Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God." ~ Thomas Jefferson "A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind to religion." ~ Sir Francis Bacon No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of
radical optimism. Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind. ~ Albert Einstein Human things must be known to be loved: but Divine things must be loved to be known. ~ Blaise Pascal Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith. ~ Adel Bestavros Of all the systems of morality that have come under my observation, none appear so pure to me as that of Jesus. ~ Thomas Jefferson When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced; live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. ~ Cherokee Proverb While faith makes all things possible, it is love that makes all things easy. ~ Evan H. Hopkins A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. ~ Albert Einstein Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. ~ Anais Nin "Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom." ~ Theodore IsaacRubin "The world has enough salesmen of the Gospel. What we need is more free samples." ~ Dr. Donald English, a leader in British Methodism "Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried." ~ G. K. Chesterton An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field." ~ Niels Bohr Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. There is no love which does not become help. ~ Paul Tillich Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ~ Immanuel Kant Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the living heart. ~Phoebe Cary "In order to see Christianity, one must forget all the Christians." ~ Henri Frederic Amiel "The flame of Christian ethics is still our highest guide." ~ Sir Winston Churchill Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. ~ Dr. Jonas Salk "Kindness is my religion." ~ The Dalai Lama "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet". ~ Frederick Buechner in Wishful Thinking God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes He puts springs in the wagon. ~ Marshall Lucas There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self. ~ Aldous Huxley (1825-1895, British Biologist, Educator) What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson "Angels fly because they take themselves lightly." ~ anon "Life is too important to be taken seriously." ~ Oscar Wilde Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ~ John Barrymore You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need. ~ Jerry Gillies (American Author, Speaker) You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you'll seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. ~ Lavetta Sue Wegman The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind. ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you
plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. ~ Unknown Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a Heaven for? ~ Robert Browning If you cannot hate evil, you cannot love good. ~ Struthers Burt Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns. ~ Anonymous It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon Gratitude is the heart's memory. ~ Anonymous Gratitude is from the same root word as grace- the boundless mercy of God. Thanksgiving is from the same root word as think, so to think is to thank. ~ Willis P. King A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. ~ Erin Majors How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. ~ Henry David Thoreau Hope is the companion of power and the mother of success, For those of us who hope strongest have within us the gift of miracles. ~ Sydney Bremer The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand. ~ Robert Vallett The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Our lives are a manifestation of what we think about God. ~ Anonymous When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. ~ Leo Burnett If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.~ Milton Berle (1908-, American Actor, Entertainer) If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. ~ Yogi Berra (1925-, American Baseball Player) Success is 99 percent failure. ~ Soichiro Honda (Japanese businessman, founder of Honda Motor Corp.) With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice. ~ Pat Benetar (American Singer) 2650 Table Mesa Drive
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