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Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Harry Emerson Fosdick
People Rat Own Down Hating Hating People Like House Get Burning Your Rid
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Democracy People Conviction Extraordinary Possibilities Ordinary Ordinary People Based
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. Hazrat Inayat Khan
Soul Words More Than Precious Enlighten Jewels
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. Henry Ward Beecher
Success Out Determines Voyage Coming Going Port
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. Henry Ward Beecher
Man Every Faults His Friends Cemetery Which Bury Should Keep Every Man
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher
Rich He According Poor
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. Hosea Ballou
Education Character Mother Word Every Tends Knee Spoken Toward Within Hearsay Children Formation Little Little Children
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. Hosea Ballou
Age Youth Old Old Age Fifty Forty
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic. Hosea Ballou
Life You Argument Practice Preaching Strongest More Effective Offer Godly Avail Skeptic Far Much
I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the Bread of God, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David, and for drink I desire His Blood, which is love incorruptible. Ignatius of Antioch
Life Love God Food Christ Pleasures Seed Drink David His Nor Blood Taste Bread Which Flesh Who Jesus Jesus Christ Desire Incorruptible
As with all commandments, gratitude is a description of a successful mode of living. The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us. James E. Faust
Thankful Gratitude Heart Eyes Living Our Blessings Opens Continually Commandments Surround Mode Us Successful Description Multitude
In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong. James E. Faust
Life Faith Strong Fire Pain Heroic Our Our Lives Melt Insignificant Through Like Make Pass Intact Endeavors Unimportant Agony Bright Away Lives
I dare not stay home while Quichuas perish. What if the well-filled church in the homeland needs stirring? They have the Scriptures, Moses, and the prophets, and a whole lot more. Their condemnation is written on their bank books and in the dust on their Bible covers. Jim Elliot
Home Needs Bible Church Dust Books Dare Stay More Prophets Written Moses Perish Condemnation Covers Lot Stirring What If Bank While Scriptures Whole Homeland
The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream. Joel Osteen
Before Difficulty Birth Dream Greatest Always Right
If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement. Joel Osteen
Best People Encouragement Too Out Seeds Going Sow Bring Need
I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God's blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that's how God leads us. Joel Osteen
Life God You Will Own Believe Think Ourselves Follow See Small Voice Gives Through Small Voice Leads Supposed Blessings Make Because Within How Still Us Choices Your Right Defeated Drag
You have enough people against you... be for yourself. Joel Osteen
You Yourself People Enough Enough People Against
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart. John Bunyan
Prayer Heart Words Better Out Without Than
All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers. John C. Maxwell
Life Good People My Life Consider Colleagues Friends Close Close Friends Whom Thinkers
If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others. John C. Maxwell
You Others Top Way Carried Run Only Over Reach Likely Want
Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out. John C. Maxwell
Good You Thinking Pump Out Impacts Put Prime Ideas Look Because Always Get Process Things Started Thinkers
Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. John C. Maxwell
Alone Needs Man Sometimes Remember Live He Does Up Bread Little
When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words. John C. Maxwell
Dreams You Eyes Words Face Starts About Something Bubbles Excitement Feel Talk Within Up Person Brighten
Slander is worse than cannibalism. John Chrysostom
Worse Than Cannibalism Slander
Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor. John Hagee
Focus Endeavor Field Rally Resources At Least One Marshal Faculties Mastery Least Energies Capacities Your Gather
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it. John Henry Newman
Fault Nothing Would Would-Be Find Could No-One Until Well Waited Done
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