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Drive for show. But putt for dough." -- Bobby Locke (PGA golfer)
Inspirational quotes are distributed each weekday to make a difference in daily life. Many of these I have collected for preaching / teaching.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Life Quotes
Quotes about Life
- Beauty, truth, friendship, love, creation - these are the great values of life. We can't prove them, or explain them, yet they are the most stable things in our lives. -- Jesse Herman Holmes
- Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil--it seizes up. --Romano Guardini
- Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. --Dag Hammarskjold
- Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. --Sören Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855); Danish philosopher.
- We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us.
- Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933); US writer.
- Deep down, we know that what matters in this life is much more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then. Fred Rogers, TV's Mr. Rogers
- Don't be afraid that your life will end. Be afraid that it will never begin.
- Gain happiness by living in the present - without regret for the past or fear of the future. Jonathan Lockwood Huie
- God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how. Henry Ward Beecher ? ?
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach
- I have a 'Play The Melody' philosophy. It means don't over-arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody—and do it the simplest way possible. Jackie Gleason
- I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christie
- 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. from Brenda Davis
- Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. Sören Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855); Danish philosopher.
- Life is never perfect. Life is filled with obstacles to make you wiser and grow to who you are today. So love yourself first and you will love life even more. unknown
- Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright
- Life is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well. Danish proverb
- Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. Dag Hammarskjold
- Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day. Mario Andretti
- Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life. Jonathon Edwards
- We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us.
- What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other. George Eliot
- When the heart grieves over what it has lost, The spirit rejoices over what it has left. Sufi epigram
- Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil--it seizes up. Romano Guardini
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Rodney Dangerfield
Today's quotes dedicated to Rodney Dangerfield who passed from this life.
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.-- Rodney Dangerfield
Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me. Basement? --Rodney Dangerfield
Are you participating in the passion and action of your times? Or, are you "hunkered" down in the grass like a toad on mowing day, just trying to survive? Like Rodney Dangerfield, you find yourself tugging at your tie and saying, "I can't get no respect."
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.-- Rodney Dangerfield
Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me. Basement? --Rodney Dangerfield
Are you participating in the passion and action of your times? Or, are you "hunkered" down in the grass like a toad on mowing day, just trying to survive? Like Rodney Dangerfield, you find yourself tugging at your tie and saying, "I can't get no respect."
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Church Quotes
Quotes about Church
- The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion. -- John Wesley
- Church Sign: "Someone Call 911!! This Church is On Fire for The Lord!"
- Jesus began his Church as a FAMILY.It changed to an institution in Rome,a political view in Europe,& a business in America. Rick Warren
- Now the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ. Martin Luther
- People are funny; they want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church.
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Quotes about Goals
A dream is a vision, a goal is a promise. You can keep your promises to yourself by remaining flexible, focused, and committed. Denis Waitley
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. Harvey Mackay
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. It is what you would like life to become. A goal is what, specifically, you intend to make happen. Goals should be just out of your present reach, but not out of sight. Denis Waitley
A winner concentrates on that which is goal achieving rather than tension relieving. Denis Waitley
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Larry Bird
Goals are incredible important...or impotent. You decide. Doug Firebaugh
Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement. Denis Waitley
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller
If you know what to do to reach your goal, it's not a big enough goal. Bob Proctor
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Harold B. Melchart
Make every goal clear, specific, measurable, and time bounded. Brian Tracy
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford
Planning is a real waste of time.... for those who waste time. Doug Firebaugh
Set clear goals and make written plans for each part of your life. Brian Tracy
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. Tom Landry (1924-2000) Professional football player and coach
Setting goals is one of the most important things you can do to guarantee your personal, professional and financial success. Goals are like a road map to your target destination. Each goal accomplished is another mile behind you on the way to where you want to be. Mark Victor Hansen
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. Ben Stein
The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determined you will become. Brian Tracy
This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything. Scott Reed
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. Omar N. Bradley (1893-1981) U.S. Army General
The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it - Michelangelo
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. Harvey Mackay
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. It is what you would like life to become. A goal is what, specifically, you intend to make happen. Goals should be just out of your present reach, but not out of sight. Denis Waitley
A winner concentrates on that which is goal achieving rather than tension relieving. Denis Waitley
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Larry Bird
Goals are incredible important...or impotent. You decide. Doug Firebaugh
Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement. Denis Waitley
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller
If you know what to do to reach your goal, it's not a big enough goal. Bob Proctor
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Harold B. Melchart
Make every goal clear, specific, measurable, and time bounded. Brian Tracy
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford
People don't fail because they aim too high and miss the mark. People fail because they aim too low and hit the mark. Les Brown
Set clear goals and make written plans for each part of your life. Brian Tracy
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. Tom Landry (1924-2000) Professional football player and coach
Setting goals is one of the most important things you can do to guarantee your personal, professional and financial success. Goals are like a road map to your target destination. Each goal accomplished is another mile behind you on the way to where you want to be. Mark Victor Hansen
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. Ben Stein
The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determined you will become. Brian Tracy
This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything. Scott Reed
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. Omar N. Bradley (1893-1981) U.S. Army General
The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it - Michelangelo
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Anger Quotes
Quotes about Anger
- Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
- Anger is a prelude to courage. Eric Hoffer
- Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly - hurt, bitterness, grief and, most of all, fear. Joan Rivers, Still Talking (Reader's Digest, July 1993)
- Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. - Seneca
- He who angers you conquers you. Elizabeth Kenny (1886-1952) Nurse
- He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. Japanese proverb
- Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. William Congreve, "The Mourning Bride"
- How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. Marcus Aurelius
- I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. Frances Willard (1839-1898) Educator
- If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. Chinese Proverb
- Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice. Stanley Horowitz
- One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats Memoirs
- Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Carrie Fisher
- Someone has said, "He is a real match head"
- Speak when you're angry--and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Henry Ward Beecher
- The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. Bede Jarrett, The House of Gold
- It is far easier to leave angry words unspoken than to mend the heart those words have broken. Author Unknown
- Forgo your anger for a moment and save yourself a hundred days of trouble. — Chinese proverb
- Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher
- Anger is a prelude to courage. Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
- Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. Laurence J. Peter
- If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? Sydney J. Harris
- Remember, every minute spent angry, is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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