Some Quotes From Others
If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery;
if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me on edge;
if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of
Calvary love.... Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
When God is about to do something great, He starts with a difficulty. When He is about to do something truly magnificent, He starts with an impossibility. --Armin Gesswein
Do you think that the work God gives us to do is never easy? Jesus says that His yoke is easy, His burden is light. People sometimes refuse to do God’s work just because it is easy. This is sometimes because they cannot believe that easy work is His work; but there may be a very bad pride in it. Some, again, accept it with half a heart and do it with half a hand. But however easy any work may be, it can not be well done without taking thought about it. And such people, instead of taking thought about their work, generally take thought about the morrow—in which no work can be done, any more than in yesterday.
---George Macdonald (1824-1905)
We have the means to evangelize our country; but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.... ------Unknown
"The times are dark, the spirits of ruin are abroad in all their power, and the mercy of God alone can save us."-- President Abraham Lincoln, 1862
To laugh is to risk ... appearing a fool. To weep is to risk ... appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk ... involvement. To expose feelings is to risk ... rejection. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ... ridicule. To love is to risk ... being loved in return. To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk ... failure. But, risks must be taken, because the greatest risk of all is to risk nothing. Those who risk nothing ... do nothing, have nothing, are nothing. They may temporarily avoid suffering and sorrow, butThey cannot feel, learn, change, grow, live, or love. Chained by their certitudes, they become slaves Forfeiting their freedom. Only the person who risks is free.------Unknown
if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me on edge;
if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of
Calvary love.... Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
When God is about to do something great, He starts with a difficulty. When He is about to do something truly magnificent, He starts with an impossibility. --Armin Gesswein
Do you think that the work God gives us to do is never easy? Jesus says that His yoke is easy, His burden is light. People sometimes refuse to do God’s work just because it is easy. This is sometimes because they cannot believe that easy work is His work; but there may be a very bad pride in it. Some, again, accept it with half a heart and do it with half a hand. But however easy any work may be, it can not be well done without taking thought about it. And such people, instead of taking thought about their work, generally take thought about the morrow—in which no work can be done, any more than in yesterday.
---George Macdonald (1824-1905)
We have the means to evangelize our country; but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.... ------Unknown
"The times are dark, the spirits of ruin are abroad in all their power, and the mercy of God alone can save us."-- President Abraham Lincoln, 1862
To laugh is to risk ... appearing a fool. To weep is to risk ... appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk ... involvement. To expose feelings is to risk ... rejection. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ... ridicule. To love is to risk ... being loved in return. To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk ... failure. But, risks must be taken, because the greatest risk of all is to risk nothing. Those who risk nothing ... do nothing, have nothing, are nothing. They may temporarily avoid suffering and sorrow, butThey cannot feel, learn, change, grow, live, or love. Chained by their certitudes, they become slaves Forfeiting their freedom. Only the person who risks is free.------Unknown
posted by Karla @ Friday, May 05, 2006
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