ALL THE REST –    March 5
  

 

Today's Quotations – AMBITION

IE 4+users run mouse over the quotations for color change.

quote
"If you can imagine it,
You can achieve it.
If you can dream it,
You can become it."

–  William Arthur War

 

quote

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

– Mark Twain

 
quote

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

–  Charlie McCarthy 

 

quote

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

– David Lloyd George
 

 
quote

Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

–  Henry Van Dyke

 

word puzzle
  Today's Word – TREPIDATION
   

 


trep·i·da·tion noun 1. A state of alarm or dread; apprehension. Synonym fear. 2. An involuntary trembling or quivering.


True again. The step was coming toward us -- straight toward the hut. It must be a beast, then, and we might as well have saved our trepidation. I was going to step out, but the king laid his hand upon my arm. There was a moment of silence, then we heard a soft knock on the cabin door.

A Connecticut Yankee
By Mark Twain, (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary

 

Today's Fact

 

  
 

How Do 
You Hide
 A Penguin?
 

           

Penguin Camouflage 

One might not think that a black and white bird would be very well camouflaged. The penguin appears to stand out from its environment.   above, the animal’s black back resembles the dark sea. When a predator spots a penguin from below the waters, the gray white vest makes the bird look like a patch of sky.

The penguin, unlike most birds, does not have hollow bones. For most birds the hollow bones provide a strong but lightweight skeleton for flight. The penguin’s bones are solid, providing weight for ballast. God doesn’t make mistakes.

The Unbelievable Truth – Jeff Rovin


 

clown
Today's SMILE

 

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

 
   

 

 

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

A FEW SMILES   

TOP TEN REASONS FOR JOINING THE CHURCH CHOIR 

10. You're running out of clean clothes and the choir robes save on laundry.

9.You've just been selected for jury duty and want to get used to sitting with a group of people.

8. Your church is so full you want to ensure that you always have a seat.

7. The collection plate is never passed to the choir.

6. There's a clock at the back of the sanctuary and you want to be the first to know when it's 12:00.

5. The preacher is new and you want to be close by in case he says something heretical.

4. For years you've wanted to know who sits in the back pews but were always afraid to turn around.

3. You've been known to nod off during the service and don't want the preacher to catch you.

2. The chairs in the choir are the most comfortable in the sanctuary.

1. Your favorite movie is Sister Act!


You call that talent!

Tina, the Hollywood agent, was so upset by her inability to find work for a singer that she began to sob for her in front of her client.

Her client tried her best to comfort her, "Don't cry for me, Agent Tina."


A lion walks into a restaurant and orders a hamburger. "What does a lion know?" thinks the waiter and charges the lion twelve dollars. After a while, the waiter's curiosity gets the best of him. He goes over to the lion, casually wipes down the table, and says, "Say, you know -- we don't get too many lions in here!"

The lion says, "I bet not. Not at these prices!"


Worker's Creed:

We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much for so long with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!

 


Paying attention in Sunday School   


At Sunday School they were teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Art, a child in the Kindergarten class, seemed especially intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs. Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down as though he were ill, and asked him what was the matter.

Art cried, "My side hurts really bad - I think I'm having a wife."


Looks Great

A man was ordered to Florida by his doctor for a month to recover from a tricky operation. Unfortunately, he died there. The body was shipped back home. At the funeral parlor, the widow was given an advance viewing by the Director, who said, "Doesn't he look wonderful ?"

"Yes," agreed the widow. "I think those weeks in Florida did him a world of good."

David A. Rinke II | Funny Pages Mailing List




How do you keep an idiot busy for hours?

 



TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University


Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

 

 


Daily Miscellany Comics

 

Have A Great Day

Phillip Bower

 

Easter 1 | Easter 2 | Easter 3 

Soul Food - devotions, Bible verse and inspiration.

Soul Food March 5, 2001

Today in History - events and birthdays for this date in history

Today in History March 5, 2001


Send Mail to pbower@neo.rr.com


Copyright Information: Phillip Bower is not the author of the humor, and does not claim to own any copyright privileges to the jokes. Sources of jokes are listed when known. Birthday's and Happenings for the date, and quotations are public knowledge and collected from numerous sources. Quotations are public knowledge and sources are listed when known. Weekendspirations are written by Tim Knappeenberger who has copyright privileges. Cathy Vinson authors Whispers from the Wilderness and owns copyright privileges. Weekendspirations and Whispers from the Wilderness are used with permission by the respective authors. Other devotions are writen by Phillip Bower unless otherwise stated. In all cases credit is given when known. The Daily Miscellany is nonprofit. Submissions by readers is welcome.