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Quotes
Observations on the spiritual side of life
The conversion of a soul is the work of a moment, but the making of a saint is the task of a lifetime. – Alan Redpath
Holiness should be our aim – not in an attempt to make the Lord love us, but simply because He already does.
Never make your living at the expense of your life.
A contented mind is a continual feast. – anon
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. - J A Homer
Do you wake up in the morning, pull back the curtains and say ‘Good Morning, Lord!’ Or do you wake up and say ‘Good Lord – morning!”
Character is what a man is in the dark. - D L Moody
To be secure in Jesus is to be radically insecure in the world. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
People attempt the Ten Commandments like a history test. They attempt only three.
It’s tough belonging to a church that’s always asking for money. You never know if you are one of the flock, or one of the fleeced!
Observations on life
People with clenched fists cannot shake hands
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever doesn’t begin with the individual doesn’t begin. Whatever ends with the individual ends. - Donald English.
Marriages are made in Heaven. - Alfred Tennyson
Isn’t it funny how everyone in favour of abortion has already been born? - P Murray
Triumph is just UMPH added to TRY.
When grief is the freshest words should be the fewest.
Observations on teaching:
The function of education is to make one maladjusted to ordinary society. - Northrop Frye
Remember: when you talk you only repeat what you already know, but if you listen you may learn something. - Amish school proverb
It’s not better teachers, texts, or curricula that our children need most; it’s better childhoods, and we will never see lasting school reform until we see parent reform. - Samuael Sava
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