1. God's promises are like the stars; the darker the night the brighter they shine.
David Nicholas
2. God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied. Thomas Kempis
3. There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him. William Law
4. The self-sufficient do not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life. Leonard Ravenhill
5. Each of us has a capacity for God and an ability to relate to him in a personal way. When we do, he brings to us pardon for the past, peace for the present, and a promise for the future. Ralph Bell
6. The Almighty does nothing with out reason, though the frail mind of man cannot explain the reason. Augustine of Hippo
7. God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied.
Thomas Kempis
8. "A man's best collateral is his character. Financier J. P. Morgan
9. "Reputation is what folks think you are. Personality is what you seem to be. Character is what you really are." Alfred Armand Montapert House
10. "Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow, only one thing endures - character." Horace Greely
11. "A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble." Charles Spurgeon
12. To give plesure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. Saadi
13. I wonder why it is that we are not all kinder to each other. How much the world needs it! How easily it is done! Henry Drummond
14. It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. La Rochefoucauld
15. Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle
16. True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. Ben Jonson
17. The view we entertain of God will determine our view of the world. Christoph Luthardt
18. You and I have a terrible time letting go. We ask God to help us with a problem, but we keep worrying about it. We carry our burdens to the foot of the cross, lay them down, then hook a toe on them and drag them with us when we leave! Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." He didn't mean, "Come tell me your problems, but go fix them yourself." He meant, "come tell me your problems, and then forget about them. They're my problems now." Bonnie Ricks
19. In this world of ours, that which matters most is not what happens to the outside of things, but what happens to the inside of people. Walter Bowie
20. God loves us the way we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way. Leighton Ford
21. God does not offer us a way out of the testings of life. He offers us a way through, and that makes all the difference.
W. T. Purkiser
22. We should be thankful for our tears; they prepare our eyes for a clearer vision of God. William Ward
23. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supplies.
J. Hudson Taylor
24. It is not the will of God to give us more troubles than will bring us to live by faith in him. William Romaine
25. Blessed is the influence of one true, loving soul on another. George Eliot
26. God made you as you are in order to use you as He planned.
S. C. Mcauley
27. There is comfort in the fact that God can never be taken by surprise. Gabelein
28. When God delivered Israel out of Egypt, he didn't send an army. We would have sent an army or an orator! But God sent a man who had been in the desert forty years, and had an impediment in his speech. It is weakness that God wants! Nothing is small when God handles it. Dwight Moody
29. For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather. George Gissing
30. What the work of Christ requires is not our admiration or even gratitude, not our impressions or our thrills, but ourselves and our shame.
P. T. Forsyth
31. Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Unknown
32. It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck
33. Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveess heals. Willa Cather
34. I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
35. Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Adlai Stevenson
36. Think wrongly, it you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Doris Lessing
37. True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends but in the worth and choice. Ben Jensen>
38. Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. Corrie ten Boom
39. People are like stained glass windows; they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. Elizabeth Kuler-Ross
40. The art of being happy ies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher
41. A kind heart is a fountain of gladness making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington Irving
42. Do what you can do and pray for what you cannot yet do. St. Augustine
43. The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. John Holt
44. Love is not a matter of counting the years, it's making the years count. William Smith
45. My happiness is not to remake myself, but make the absolute best of what God made. Robert Browning
46. I don't know the key to success, but, the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby
47. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. Corrie Ten Boom
48. Assuredly nobody will care for him who cares for nobody. Thomas Jefferson
49. Nobody can make you feel interior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
50. You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. Beverly Sills
