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Tid-Bits
of Wisdom
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
~ Abraham Lincoln
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A theology of giving seduces us into believing that our 'gifts' to God are ours to begin with. The truth is just the opposite. Everything we have is a trust from God. Everything.
~Leonard Sweet, 'SoulSalsa'
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Good Deeds Matter
. . . a pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words, and deeds is like that.
~Dorothy Day
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Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me.
~Anonymous
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We are to pray in times of adversity lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We need to pray in times of security, less we become self-sufficient.
~Billy Graham
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Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one sees the
stars.
~Frederick Langbridge
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God has proven himself as a faithful father. Now it falls to us to be trusting children. Let God give you what the world cannot.
~Max Lucado, 'Your Abba's Arms' in 'The Gift for All People'
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We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.
~Mark Twain
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We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
~Mother Teresa
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The whole purpose of Jesus' ministry is to bring us to the house of his Father. Not only did Jesus come to free us from the bonds of sin and death, he also came to lead us into the intimacy of his divine life.
~Henri Nouwen, 'Making All Things New'
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