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Observations on life
Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centred in anything short of God and his will for us. Billy Graham
An atheist is a man without any invisible means of support. John Buchan
For some of us, our greatest ability seems to be the ability for getting away from the Shepherd. Geoffrey King
There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death-bed. Hannah More
God parts that and us which would part us and him. Ralph Venning
A cold church, like cold butter, never spreads well. Anon
Lines of least resistance make crooked rivers and crooked men. William Danforth
Believe not half you hear; repeat not half you believe; when you hear an evil report, halve it, then quarter it, and say nothing about the rest of it. C H Spurgeon
It often shows a fine command of language to say nothing. Anon
God still comes where he can find someone quiet enough to listen and alone enough to heed. G B Duncan
Courage is grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H G Wells
There are but two ways of paying a debt; increase of industry in raising income, or increase of thrift in laying out. Carlyle
No one loves the man whom he fears. Aristotle
Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny. G D Boardman
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai E Stevenson
Love is an ocean of emotions, entirely surrounded by expenses. Lord Dewar
Defeat is for those who acknowledge it.
The real problem concerning your leisure is how to keep other people from using it.
Actually, there is no distinct class trodden underfoot, except those who hold aisle seats.
Everything in the modern home is controlled by switches except the children.
You really have insomnia if you can’t sleep when it’s time to get up.
When a man says: I run things at my house, he may mean the washing machine, the vacuum cleaner, and the dishwasher.
Directly after God in Heaven comes Papa. – Mozart as a boy.
Most citizens work 70 days a year to earn enough money to pay their taxes, and they do it because they love their country, their fellow-citizens, and can’t figure out any way of getting out of them.
We expect modern youth to be strong, courageous, and prepared to pay even more taxes than their parents.
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