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“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; love leaves a
memory no one can steal.”
---From a headstone in Ireland
We want you to know what will happen to the believers who
have died so you will not grieve like people who have no
hope.
---I Thessalonians 4:13 |
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“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he
treats those who can do nothing for him.”
---Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer
Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright
person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a
person who is especially good. But God showed his great love
for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still
sinners.
---Romans 5:7-8 |
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“God grant that men of principle shall be our principal
men.”
---Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third President of the U.S.
When there is moral rot within a nation, its government
topples easily.
---Proverbs 28:2 |
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“Always vote for principles, though you may vote alone, and
you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is
never lost.”
---John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth President of the
U.S.
The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just
than when we offer him sacrifices.
---Proverbs 21:3 |
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“When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes
easier.”
---Roy Disney, longtime senior executive of the Walt Disney
Co.
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the
course of your life.
---Proverbs 4:23 |
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“The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real
thing.”
---Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth president of the
U.S.
I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me,
and I in them, will produce much fruit.
---John 15:5 |
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“My penance is to live an ordinary life.”
---Saint John Berchmans (1599-1621), Jesuit seminarian
I have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears.
---Acts 20:19 |
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“Character is the firm foundation stone upon which one must
build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be
erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation
worthy of respect can be built on a weak character.”
---R.C. Samsel
You will be strong in character and ready for anything.
---James 1:4 |
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“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become
a man of value.”
---Albert Einstein (1829-1955), German physicist
Choose a good reputation over great riches; being held in
high esteem is better than silver or gold.
---Proverbs 22:1 |
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“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
---Henry Ford (1863-1947), founder of the Ford Motor Co.
Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love will find
life, righteousness, and honor.
---Proverbs 21:21 |
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“I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, ‘Mother,
what was war?’”
---Eve Merriam (1916-1992), American poet, writer, teacher
The Lord will mediate between nations and will settle
international disputes. They will hammer their swords into
plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
---Isaiah 2:4 |
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“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window
through which you must see the world.”
---George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright
Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I
will be whiter than snow.
---Psalm 51:7 |
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“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.
Character is the indelible mark that determines the only
true value of all people and all their work.”
---Orison Sweet Marden (1850-1924), American motivational
writer
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he
meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by
the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its
season, whose leaf also shall not wither.
---Psalm 1:3-4 |
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“”Remember your avowed purpose, and keep ever before you the
likeness of Christ crucified.”
---Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471), Late medieval Catholic monk
and author of The Imitation of Christ
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,
who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross,
despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of
the throne of God.
---Hebrews 12:2 |
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“Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do
what is goal achieving.”
---Dennis Waitley, author, speaker
I have finished the work You have given Me to do.
---John 17:4 |
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“Preach the Gospel always. Use words if necessary.”
---St. Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226) founder of Order of
Friars Minor
You are the light of the world---like a city on a mountain,
glowing in the night for all to see.
---Matthew 5:14 |
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“A rock pile ceases to be rock pile the moment a single man
contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a
cathedral.”
---Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1945), French aviator,
author
You are Simon, the son of John---but you will called Cephas”
(which means Peter.)
---John 1:42 |
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“Character, not circumstance, makes the person.”
---Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) author, educator
But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through
Him who loves us.
---Romans 8:37 |
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“Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for
better things.”
---Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), American Christian
clergyman
We exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation
brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven
character; and proven character, hope.
---Romans 5:3-4 |
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“Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.”
---Will Rogers (1879-1935), humorist
Faith is the key!
---Romans 4:16 |
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“Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in
yourself, and purge them like bad blood.”
---Buddha
Why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a
log in your own?
---Matthew 7:3 |
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“Rest. Rest. Rest in God’s love. The only work you are
required to do is to give your most intense attention to His
still, small voice within.”
----Madame Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) French mystic
Be silent and know that I am God!
---Psalm 46:10 |
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“Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs
perspective once in a while, and you’ll find it there.”
---Robb Sagendorph
Jesus went up on a mountain and called the ones he wanted to
go with him.
---Mark 3:13 |
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“Those who persist in knocking will succeed in entering.”
---Moses Ibn Ezra, quoted in The Rule of Saint Benedict,
Insights for the Ages, Joan Chittester, O.S.B., p. 65
Everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And
the door is opened to everyone who knocks.
---Matthew 7:8 |
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“If you realize that all things change there is nothing you
will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of dying, there
is nothing you can’t achieve.”
---Tao Te Ching, cited in Joan Chittester, O.S. B., The Rule
of Saint Benedict, Insights for the Ages, p. 101
For to me, living is for Christ, and dying is even better.
Yet if I live, that means fruitful service for Christ. I
really don’t know which is better.
---Philippians 1: 21-22 |
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“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank
you,’ that would suffice.”
----Meister Eckhart (c.1260-c.1328), German theologian,
mystic
No matter what happens, always give thanks.
---I Thessalonians 5:18 |
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“Money often costs too much.”
---Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American essayist,
philosopher, poet
When Judas, who had betrayed him realized that Jesus had
been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he
took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests
and the elders. “I have sinned, he declared, “for I have
betrayed an innocent man.”
---Matthew 27:3-4 |
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“Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.”
----Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Danish philosopher,
theologian
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let
God transform you into a new person by changing he way you
think Then you will learn t know God’s will for you, which
is good an pleasing and perfect.
---Romans 12:2-3 |
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“Character is higher than intellect.”
---Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American essayist,
philosopher, poet
You will become strong in character and ready for anything.
---James 1:4 |
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“Prayer unites the soul to God.”
---Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416), female English mystic
and religious writer
“After I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the Temple
and fell into a trance. I saw a vision of Jesus saying to
me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem, for the people here won’t
accept your testimony about me.’”
---Acts 22:17 |
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