"Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace."

"The future belongs to those who live intensely in the present."

"Success is not so much what you are but rather what you appear to be."

"Strange how much you've got to know Before you know how little you know."

"He had a great sound system - but he didn't know much about fidelity."

"I never see what has been done, I only see what remains to be done."

"Truth leads to good deeds, and good deeds lead to Paradise. Falsehood leads to evil deeds, and evil deeds lead to the Fire."

"When she told me her age I believed her - why not? she hasn't changed her story for five years."

"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."

"I've never met a strong person with an easy past."

"The journey may be more important than the destination."

"Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said."

"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand-shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."

"I like to make you worry. It lets me know you care."

"And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

"When you blame others you give up your power to change."

"Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation."

"Life is full of challenges thus that you spend Get used to it."

"It's not that I'm too particular. It's just that I'm going to wait for Dr. Right."

"The hoary beard is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness."

"Yellow leaves hang on your tree of life. The messengers of death are waiting. You are going to travel far away. Have you any provisions for the journey?"

"Security is not the absence of danger but the presence of God no matter what the danger."

"Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion."

"Whatever you are trying to avoid won't go away until you confront it."

"You have to understand, having a good time is not my idea of having a good time."

"Sadness and gladness succeed each other."

"Sudden friendship sure repentance."

"The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour."

"Pleasure is not pleasant unless it cost dear."

"Republics are ungrateful."

"Some pursue happiness others create it."

"What men usually ask of God when they pray is that two and two not make four."

"Don't expect good things to come easily, we must work at them. Easy is to think about improving. Difficult is to put these thoughts into action. Easy is to stumble and fall. Difficult is to get back up. Easy is to judge the mistakes of others. Difficult is to recognize your own mistakes. Easy is to receive. Difficult is to give. Easy is to promise something. Difficult is to fulfill that promise. Easy is to say "I love you. Difficult is to show it every day. Most of the things we need in life are simple, but not easy. But things that are difficult are often the most worthwhile!"

"We run away all the time to avoid coming face to face with ourselves."

"Push through the pain, and conquer the obstacles. Regardless of what you think today, it won't matter 5 years from now."

"Retirement: Twice as much husband half as much pay."

"If people focused on life's really important matters there'd be a shortage of golf clubs."

"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

"He wouldn't give a duck a drink if he owned Lake Michigan."

"Some people might say that I think too highly of you just because I worship the water you walk on."

"I think sometimes we spend so much time trying to find out who we are we lose sight of who we want to be."

"She was endowed with great beauty for all those attributes that were outside her control, but it was said that in all characteristics for which she herself was responsible, she was utterly wicked."

"Will people not be thrown face down into Hell only on account of the harvest of their tongue?"

"If a player continues transgressing the rules his side shall lose him."

"Anything which parents have not learned from experience they can now learn from their children."

"The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes."

"Here's to one of the most beautiful kind thoughtful people I have ever known . . . You are getting more like me every day."

"Man is the only creature which rises by bowing for he finds elevation in his subjection to his Maker."

"Short prayers pierceth Heaven."

"Not all of his relationships were meant to end . . . Once he sent a postcard and inadvertently wrote "Wish you were her.""