Quotes With
New Year in mind, we think of time and the future... Every
man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent
and done with, and the future is uncertain. Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus Life
is too short for us to do everything we want to do; but
it is long enough for us to do everything God wants us to
do. The
future belongs to those who belong to God. This is hope.
W T Purkiser I
find the great thing in this world is not so much where
we stand, as in what direction we are moving. –
OW Holmes If
you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad
time to be considering alternative strategies. John
Cleese Men
never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be
successful. William A Ward Plans
are useless, but planning is essential. Dwight D
Eisenhower Nothing
is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Henry Ford Chance
favours only the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur Life
is what happens to you when you are busy making other
plans. John Lennon An
old Jewish joke: Question:
How do you make God laugh? Answer:
Tell him your future plans. With
our relationship with God in mind God
can do wonders with a broken heart if you give him all
the pieces. Victor Alfsen God
made you as you are in order to use you as He planned. SC
McAuley The
evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing
link except the fact that it is missing. - G K
Chesterton I
am too blessed to be stressed! The
shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the
distance between your knees and the floor. The
one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything. One
thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really
happy are those who will have sought and found how to
serve. Albert Schweitzer Some
miscellaneous observations on life Blessed
is the person who sees the need, recognises the
responsibility, and actively becomes the answer. William
Arthur Ward Money
can build a house, but it takes love to make it a home. Giving
a tenth is nothing to brag about. Samuel Chadwick A
budget is a method of worrying before you spend, instead
of afterward. The
greatest consolation for many who took expensive holidays
last year is that they have found where not to go again
this year. No
matter how bad prose is, it might be verse. A
depression is a period when people do without the things
their parents never had. There
are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until
he has stopped asking questions. Charles Steinmetz The
wise man doesn't give us the right answers, he poses the
right questions. Claude
Levi-Strauss Judge
a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Voltaire Nearly
all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a
man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln |