Proverbs - Sayings - Thoughts 4b
101. For every minute you are angry you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you will never be able to get back.
102. A real friend helps us think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves.
103. Staying calm is the best way to take the wind out of an angry person's sails.
104. Love is not a matter of counting years, it's making the years count.
105. If you are quiet and listen you will be able to hear the quiet calls of those who need you.
106. The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.
107. Discontentment makes rich men poor while contentment makes poor men rich.
108. A christian is a living sermon, whether or not he preaches the word.
109. You should be more interested in the future than in the past, for that's where you will be spending the rest of your life.
110. Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
111. A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someone else.
112. Remember that food provides nourishment for your body and the scriptures provide nourishment for your soul.
113. Wise are the ones who make the most of the things that come their way, and spend no time in weeping for the things that get away.
114. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
115. A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in a little thing becomes a great thing.
116. Be thankful for the special people who walk through the triumphs and trials with you.
117. Live one day at a time leaving tomorrow go until it arrives.
118. Enjoy the scenery when you have to take a detour.
119. Expect great things from God and attempt great things for God.
120. No matter what happened in the past, the future is spotless.
121. The highest type of living comes from the bottom of the heart.
122. An optimist is a person who looks for an opportunity in every difficulty.
123. What you thing of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
124. Any problem too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
125. Ability without ambition is like a car without a motor.
126. A Christian is like a good watch; open face, busy hands, pure gold, and full of good works.
127. Adversity is never pleasant, but sometimes it's possible to learn lessons from it that can be learned in no other way.
128. Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible.
129. Let the words I speak today be soft and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them.
130. As the blossom cannot tell what becomes of its fragrance, so no one can tell what becomes of his influence.
131. It isn't the load that weighs us down-its the way we carry it.
132. It is possible to learn from an enemy things we can't learn from a friend.
133. A man's reputatin is what his friends say about him. His character is what his enemies say about him.
134. Be willing to face the music now, and one day you may be chosen to lead the band.
135. Common sense is not so common.
136. Take time to think for it is the source of power.
137. Unexpressed ideas are of no more value than kernels in a nut before it has been cracked.
138. A friend will strengthen you with her prayers, bless you with her love, and encourage you with her hope.
139. It is a great thing to do little things well.
140. We always have time for the things we put first.
141. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
142. An apology is a good way to have the last word.
143. Guilt is anger directed at ourselves-at what we did or did not do.
144. Resentment is anger directed at others-at what they did or did not do.
145. A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business and is the countersign of friends.
146. God accepts and applauds our less-than-perfect attempts at love.
147. The difficult times offer oppurtunities to grow.
148. Disagreement should not destroy common sense.
149. A man's conscience tells him what he shouldn't do but it does not keep him from doing it.
150. If you want people to improve, let them hear the nice things you say about them to others.
151. Killing time murders oppurtunities.
152. Life is fragile, handle with prayer.
153. Humble people don't think less of themselves they just think of themselves less.
154. Don't point a finger-lend a hand.
155. You can multiply happiness by dividing it.
156. There is not a right way to do a wrong thing.
157. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
158. Taking time for silence allows us to hear God's guidance in times of conflict.
159. As we give our worries to God, God gives us inner peace.
160. When we blame others for our wrongs we miss reconciliation with God.
161. People may doubt what you say but they will always believe what you do.
162. True joy comes to those who forgive and are forgiven.
163. TIme thinking up excuses would be better spent avoiding the need for them.
164. More homes are destroyed by fusses than by funerals or fires.
165. Happiness is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it.
166. Nothing makes a marriage rust like distrust.
167. A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.
168. He tried to be somebody by tryig to be like everybody; which makes him a nobody.
169. I have resolved never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
170. People are judged not on the basis of what they have done, but on the basis of what they are perceived to have done.
171. It isn't our position but our disposition that makes us happy.
172. If oppurtunity doesn't knock, build a door.
173. Earth has no sorrow that heaven does not feel.
174. First things first and second things never.
175. It's dangerous to be sincere unless you are also a christian.
176. Don't waste your life away in waiting, do something.
177. Smart people believe only half of what they hear and smarter people know which half to believe.
178. Don't miss the magic of the moment by focusingon what's to come.
179. Waste of time in the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.
180. Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun.
181. To the optimist, all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
182. We get so much in the habit of wearing a disguise before others, that we eventually appear disguised before ourselves.
183. Men do not fail, they give up trying.
184. Don't hurry, don't worry, do your best, leave the rest.
185. A smile is contagious, be a carrier.
186. Only those risking going to far will know how far they can go.
187. Money can build a house, but it takes love to make it a home.
188. You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning in your own.
189. For some moments in life there are no words.
190. Everyone can use friends, but they shouldn't.
191. An optimist sees oppurtunity in every calcmity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every oppurtunity.
192. If you want to put the world right-start with yourself.
193. Put off a few things until tomorrow that don't really need to be done today.
194. Age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the sould.
195. The way each day will look to you all starts with who you're looking to.
196. Cheerfulness oils the machinery of life.
197. Do not follow where the path may lead-go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
198. Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gives up.
199. Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
200. A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
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