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Compiled By: Timothy M. Youngblood
I collected these quotes from all
over the world for many years and want to share them with all who loves wisdom.
I do love these sayings because I do believe that Wisdom is the Eye into
the Mind of God.
Webmaster of the Master's Table - Timothy M. Youngblood
"A wise man learns something new every day. The fool thinks he knows it all already"
"God formed us, sin deformed us, but Jesus the Messiah can transform us".
"Pray mightily
that God will open your mind to receive His immutable truth which He has given;"
~The faith once delivered.~
"The Son of God became a man, to enable mankind to become sons of God. ~ C. F. Lewis
"The first duty of a man is the seeking after
and the investigation of truth." ~
"We arrive at the truth, not by the reason only, but also by the heart."
~ Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second,
it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident."
~ Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Truth and honesty is the best vindication against slander.
"Don't miss out on a blessing because it isn't packaged the way that you expect."
Conformity without conviction is futile ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
Don't be concerned with your goodness or lack thereof when your praying,
but rather stand in reverence, and admiration, of God's wisdom, power, majesty,
and seek more that anything His love, and mercy.
If you truly come to this place; God can use you. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" We attract what we dwell on, and what we dwell on we become."
If we live long enough we have regrets. The ones that nag at us the most is when we knew we had a choice. When we could have stopped ourselves but don't, when everything good inside us says not to do it but we do anyway. ~ Tom Selleck in the movie "Sea Change".
An honest man alters his opinions to fit the truth while a dishonest man alters the truth to fit his opinions.
I believe that wisdom is the Eye into the Mind of God and that true success is to stand before our creator God and hear Him say... "Well done good and faithful servant" ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"The truth always makes it's own path, however a lie follows the road of self interest with all disregard for others." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"People will believe what they want to believe although the truth may be presented with facts. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
Speaking the truth to the power is the power of the truth. ~ Author unknown
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. - William Shakespeare
"Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth...Amen" ~ Author unknown
"There is for a fact a personality in us all where high spiritual qualities
are manifest."~ Timothy M. Youngblood
(See God
hides His beauty in the strangest places.)
"During times of universal deceit; telling the truth can become revolutionary." ~ Orson Welles
Those that don't believe there is a devil have no defense against deception. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
There's no point in engaging irrational people in any intellectual conversation. ~ Bill O'Reilly
What happens is not as important as how we react to what happems ~ Thaddeus Golas
The only place we can see God's pure greatness of beauty is to look where mankind has never been. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
The charter of a great man can be seen in his balance of wisdom and knowledge with his integrity and courage.~ Author unknown
If we are selfish we can shatter the very things we love. ~ Author unknown
Success is a state of mind. If we want success, we must start thinking of ourselves as successful. ~ Joyce Brothers
"Men
stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." ~ Winston Churchill
"The reason I know that the seventh day is God's Holy Sabbath is because the Catholic Church made theirs the first day." ~ Mary Sue Youngblood.
"Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden; it is forbidden because it is hurtful."
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient, believes." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"When the teacher finds a pupil has excelled ahead of the teacher, they have done their job well."
"Cheap grace is the theology that expects the benefits
of grace without the sacrifice of obedience." ~ Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
"Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief
or ignorance. ~ W. Clement Stone
"Truth can be found in the details but we must be honest with the facts."~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"When uneducated people can't refute the facts
presented...They attack the messenger!" Bill O'Reilly
"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the
arguments of its opposers. ~ William Penn (1644
- 1718)
"People don't visit the dead because the dead
are there, but to confirm the reality of their death." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make
people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie,
the more readily it will be believed." ~ Adolph Hitler, Mein
Kampf
"The great mass of people...will more easily fall victim to a big lie
than to a small one." ~ Mein Kampf
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." ~ Lenin (1870 - 1924)
All religions have been taken over by people who represent things as they
think they should be rather than as they are, and never forget that an unchallenged
lie quickly is preceived as truth."~ Timothy M. Youngblood
The greatest deception Satan has accomplished is to convince the world that
he does not exist!
"Never forget that if we neglect our children, Satan will not!"
"The only time you should be looking down on someone is when you are helping them up."
"If we don't have time to do it right the first time, when will we have time to do it over."
If we don't catch up to our past...it will catch up with us, however; the past is to easy to forget and to painful to remember in many cases.
We will be judged in the end by what we rejected. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"If we neglect to plan for our future, we must accept whatever fate has in store for us."
"A determination to increase the gifts of wisdom, knowledge and understanding,
that God has entrusted to each of us. To love one another, to serve, to aid,
to comfort ... to be fellow-workers, together with Christ, in strengthening
the body ... wherever it may be. To do the work of the ministry, with the
care of a shepherd. To realize God's interest in numbers is basically 'one'
... and whoever I am, I am that one."
© 1992 Ruth Phillips
You can't strengthen the weak by weaken the strong. ~ R. R.
Setting a good example is not the main way to influence people; It's the only way to influence people.
Work hard laugh often, and never loose your honer. ~ Tim Russert
Why should your lack of planning constitute an emergency on my part. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"Winners develop the habit of doing the things losers don't like to do."
The people of any Nation deserves their leaders.
"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." ~ William Penn
Don't bring a child into this World unless you will love it more than yourself. ~ Mary Sue Youngblood
"We can only make the best decision with the information given at the time." ~ Mary Sue Youngblood
"As a Christian, our greatest trials will be directly in line with out greatest weaknesses." ~ Dennis Eleser
"We are only important in our own eyes." ~ Mary Sue Youngblood
"The moment a person thinks they are so important they can't laugh at themselves; everyone else will."~ N. Cavuto
Anyone able to create a mega-Church is a salesman...not a man of God. Their-in lies the problem. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
This is your life. It's the only one you get, so no excuses and do overs. If you make a mistake or fail at something you need to learn from it. You need to get over it and move on. Your job is to be the best person you can be and to never settle for anything less. ~ Ann Richards (Governor of Texas.)
"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." ~ The late, great Roberto Clemente.
"Vanity is what caused Satan to fall, and vanity is his favorite tool." ~ Mary Sue Youngblood
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." ~ Erica Jong
"Sometime we can't see the answer because it's right in front of us."
"The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief." ~ T. S. Eliot
"How much money does it take to feel rich? That depends on how shallow the mind." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"Trying times does not mean stop trying."
"Never stand in the way of your enemies when they are trying to destroy themselves."
"All plans fall apart just as soon as we encounter the enemy."
"I like rules but I also realize that there are good and bad rules." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"To not forgive can destroy you because resentment is like you taking poison and hoping the other person will die".
" I cannot control what others think and do; I can only control what I think and what I do." ~ Author unknown
"What we are never changes in this life, but who we are never stops changing."
"Don't look at the picture as a must to see, but as a love to understand." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"A fearful man dies a thousands deaths, but a brave unselfish man only dies once."
"When a democracy gets to it's worst point it becomes Totalitarianized." ~ Norman Mailer
"Let no man judge you to condemnation for we all are conceived in sin and born into corruption." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much."
" Let God take your natural; to perform his supernatural."
" Never give up. "This may be your moment for a miracle."
"Action without wisdom is very destructive!"
"It's the responsibility of the man to lead, but the woman must always have the choice to follow." Timothy M. Youngblood
"When you come to the end of your rope, Tie a knot in it and hang on"
Ever wonder why terrorist leaders live so long? It's because cheerleaders never get in the game. ~ Mary Sue Youngblood
"I have learned that people will forget what you said, and people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". ~ Maya Angelou @ 70 yrs
"You may find hundreds of faultfinders among professed Christians; but all their criticism will not lead one solitary soul to Christ. I never preached a sermon yet that I could not pick to pieces, and find fault with. I feel that Jesus Christ ought to have a far better representative than I am. But I have lived long enough to discover that there is nothing perfect in this world. If you are to wait till you find a perfect preacher, or perfect meetings, I am afraid you will have to wait till the millennium arrives. What we want is to be looking up to Christ. Let us be done with faultfinding." ~ D. L. Moody (1837-1899)
"The more we try to know about life, the more mysterious life gets."
"God's Grace is retroactive."
"Biblical history shows that God calls the man with no credibility to do His work." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"Remember the world is full of people who are just doing their best to be happy."
"Depression is rage turned within."
'We can do all the right things and still get bad results. God does not micro manage our lives."
"If you want to know who you are...Take a honest look at what you love and do."~ Jesus the Messiah
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration. ~ James Allen
"Envy lurks on the path of the crushed spirit."
The more riches and power people get the the more many think gravity does not effect them. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"What difference does it make what you believe if you are still a jerk?" Ricks Wife
Those teaching they alone are God's true Church sets themselves up to hear the laughter of God. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"To understand, we must realize that without the clouds, we would not appreciate a sunny day." ~ T.Sharkey
The highest reward for a person's labor is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. ~ John Ruskin.
"Lord, Grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish." ~ Michelangelo
"I believe that the meaning of life is that we are here to develop the character to choose right over wrong even when we desire the ways of the flesh. We learn this through our lifetime by making wrong choices and learning the consequence of those bad choices." ~ H. W. Armstrong
"To err is human, to forgive divine." ~ Alexander Pope
"Scams only work on greedy people." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" Discipline is the guardrail that keeps you on the path of self esteem." ~ Kent Nelson
"A Nation is judged by it's number of prisons. Its reported that America has Total of 5.6 million adults in the U.S. who have in the past or are currently serving time in a State or Federal prison. This accounts for approx. 2.7% of entire adult population." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"Beautiful young people are acts of nature, but beautiful old people
are works of art."
"God saw a tear, and wiped it away with a smile from a friend."
"The rainbows of life follow the storms."
"Life in America's year 2007 is nothing more than controlled chaos." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" Life is like a piano --- what you get out of it, depends on how you play it."
" I would rather live my life as if there is a God, And die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
" Treat today as if, you won't exist tomorrow." ~ Unknown
" Squeeze every bit of love you can out of life, and life will HUG you back like never before!" ~ Brian G. Jett
" It is better to Believe than to Disbelieve, in so doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility." ~ Albert Einstein
" Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us. And new beauty waiting to be born." ~ Dr. Dale Turner
" Fear knocked at the door; Faith answered; No one was there!" ~ Carrie P. Boston
" Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams."
" No matter what a man's past may have been, his future is spotless if he accepts Jesus as his savior." ~ John R. Rice
" Every one wants to do well, but everyone needs to be given the proper focus." ~ Eddie Peterson
" When you hug someone, never be the first to let go." ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr
"Man wants to judge who has God's Holy Spirit, but God is not limited in the way we are." ~ Mary Sue Youngblood
"Man limits God by trying to step in His shoes, but God just smiles." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy." ~ Albert Clarke.
" Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are." ~ Charles Augustin Sainte-Beauve
" What you can't get out of...get into wholeheartedly." ~ Mignon McLaughlin
" Courage is doing what you are afraid to do.
There can be no courage without fear." ~ P. Hayes
"Remember: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing!
" Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expected to give...Which is everything. " ~ Katherine Hepburn
" Those who hear not the music. . .think the dancers mad."
"Its great that God is forgiving because much of life is not." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" Never complain about growing old, because so many never get the chance!"
" It is not doing the things we like to do, but liking the things we have to do that makes life blessed."
" If you believe in something, no proof is necessary. If you don't, none is sufficient."
" If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."
" As long as I'm faced in the right direction, It does not matter the size of my steps." ~ Erica Lawrence
" You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love." ~ Henry Drummond
" What you are is God's gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift back to God." ~ Kelly Jeppesen
" In the transfer of thought from mind to mouth, many a fool is born. But those same thoughts spring forth as a pristine fountain, when first they flow through the heart." ~ Jim Cook
" For every sixty seconds of anger, you lose one minute of happiness."
" Falling Doesn't Make You a Failure, staying Down Does."
" It is not the Quantity of your life, but the Quality that really matters."
" When it seems that faith has shut the door, go in through the window."
" Complete forgiveness ... Is memory without pain....." ~ Betty Grandell
" Don't try to become great; be great now, and discover that excellence is a reward you don't need others to confirm." 'Freedom From the Ties That Bind.' ~ Guy Finley
"I found in war that we're all heroes, if you catch us at the right time." ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" The greatest oak tree was once a tiny nut that held its ground."
" One can never hope to discover new oceans if they don't have the courage to lose sight of the shore. "
" Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength."
" You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."
" It's not where you start that matters, but where you finish."
" When your Passion and Contribution are the same, you have found your Purpose."
"Dreams are the building blocks of the future."
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"Do what you can with what you have, where you are." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
"Life is about 10% how you make it... and 90% how you take it."
Addiction is a bottomless pit and the only way to escape is to quit trying to fill it. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
"Success is a marathon, not a sprint."
"The one being carried does not know how far the village is."
"Never follow anyone's path. Go your own way and leave a trail." ~ Damien Heath
"Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream."
"When in doubt, do right and let God take care of the rest."
"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." ~ Margaret Thatcher
"To stay the course...sometimes you have to make waves."
"Success doesn't come to you...you go to it." ~ Marva Collins
"Always do right. This will amaze most people, and astonish the rest." ~ Mark Twain
"You never find yourself until you face the truth." ~ Pearl Bailey
"All our dreams can come true---if we have the courage to pursue them." ~ Walt Disney
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein
"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily." ~ Sally Koch
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
"If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever."
"The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
"Feelings are everywhere--be gentle." ~ J. Masai
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life."
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change ...courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."
" A hero is an ordinary person who performs an ordinary task In an extraordinary situation." ~ Steve Hedderson
"Don't judge a person when they have been described by others, until you know if the one talking is their friend or foe. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
" Prayer gives us the opportunity to speak to GOD, Meditation allows GOD to speak back to us."
" The word "impossible" is not part of God's language."
" Try and fail, but don't fail to try."
" When the world pushes you to your knees...You're in the perfect position to pray."
" Why strive for something less then you want to achieve?" ~ Amy Throndsen
" God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry it's weight."
" Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God." ~ Anne Ortlund
" If you have love in your heart, You always have something to give."
"The
shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks
the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act
as the destroyer of liberty." ~ Abraham
Lincoln
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"What ever we throw into the
wind will be what we receive in return.
If you don't want a bucket of slop on you, don't throw it." ~ Timothy
M. Youngblood
"He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses more; He who loses faith, loses all."
"Peace is not the absence of trouble--peace is the presence of God."
"A person that fears death has not made peace with God."
No one finds life worth living; but we must make it worth living.
Live as if Christ died yesterday, arose this morning, and is coming back tomorrow.
When you flee temptation do not leave a forwarding address.
We cannot avoid growing old, but we can avoid growing cold.
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Trouble is usually produced by those who do not produce anything else.
Worry is like a rocking chair; no matter how much you rock, you get nowhere.
Everybody is liable to make mistakes, but fools practice them.
When a fellow is kicking, he has only one leg to stand on.
Nothing you will ever lose matters if you gain salvation, nothing you will ever save matters if you lose salvation.
We ask God to provide for us, and when He does we congratulate ourselves upon our success. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
We pray for His help, but it would truly anger mankind if God interfered in the worlds affairs. ~ Timothy M. Youngblood
You can give without love, but you cannot love without giving.
If you have accomplished all that you planned for in life, you have not planned enough!
To have a good life one must not only have a good aim, but must also pull the trigger.
There is never a right way to do wrong.
Life is like a ladder; every step we take is either up or down.
Failure does not mean you will never make it. It does mean you have to do it differently.
A lot of kneeling keeps you in good standing with God.
The life of fellowship with God cannot be built in a day.
If prayer does not drive sin out of your life, sin will drive prayer out.
To realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the storm.
The best way to get even is to forget...
Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Some marriages are made in heaven, but they ALL have to be maintained on earth.
Unless you can create the WHOLE universe in 5 days, then perhaps giving "advice" to God, isn't such a good idea.
" Sorrow looks back...Worry looks around...But, faith looks up."
Words are windows to the heart so be sure of what you say.
A skeptic is a person who when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it's a forgery.
A successful marriage isn't finding the right person-it's being the right person.
The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its ground.
Too many people offer God prayers with claw marks all over them.
The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can't hold it.
To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and then discover the prisoner was you.
You have to wonder about humans, they think God is dead and Elvis is alive.
It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
You'll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.
We cannot understand:
Faith, without doubt;
Peace, without war;
Happiness, without sorrow;
Hope, without despair;
Trust, without betrayal;
Light, without darkness;
Love, without hate;
Pleasure, without pain;
Good, without bad.
What is life?
Life is a gift...accept it
Life is an adventure...dare it
Life is a mystery...unfold it
Life is a game...play it
Life is a struggle...face it
Life is beauty...praise it
Life is a puzzle...solve it
Life is opportunity...take it
Life is sorrowful...experience it
Life is a song...sing it
Life is a goal...achieve it
Life is a mission...fulfill it"
Taken from Even Eagles Need a Push ~ David McNally
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered, forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are succesful, you win some false friends, and some true enemies; be succesful anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous; be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will forget tomorrow; do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give your best anyway.
For you see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God, It was never between you and them anyway.
" The only bad thing about keeping on burning your bridges behind you, is that the world is round." ~ Labhesh Patel
Science can do just so much; then God must finish the task. ~ Author unknown
May God Bless you all.
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