Notable Quotes

Anonymous (or I don’t know who said it):

Jesus paid the price we could not pay, for a debt He did not owe.

God‘s love is a free gift, not a reward for good behavior. 

I don’t know what the future holds but I know Who holds the future.

People don’t care what you know till they know that you care.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

It is better to be thought of as cruel when doing something kind than thought of as kind when doing something cruel.

With Jesus, there is endless hope. Without Him, a hopeless end.

Knowledge without love is good for winning arguments, and losing friends.

Truth is not concerned with whom it convinces.

Anger is like an acid that hurts the vessel in which it is stored, more than the subject on whom it is poured.

The absence of proof is not the proof of absence.

If you cross the bridge before you get to it, you pay the toll twice.

The brook of life would lose its song if you took away the rocks.

Without Jesus we either fail miserably, or succeed even more miserably.

Our job is not to see through one another, but to see one another through.

Fear not that your life may end, but that it might not have a beginning.

God’s mercy keeps us from what we deserve. His grace gives us what we don’t deserve.

JOY = Jesus first; Others next; Yourself last.

Everyone brings joy; if not in the coming, then in the going.

It is better that people wonder why you didn’t speak than wonder why you did.

Success is getting what you want. Contentment is wanting what you get.

There are three kinds of people: those who make things happen; those who watch what happens; and those who wonder what happened.

A good measure of character is what you do when only God is watching.

A small deed done is better than the greatest intent.

It is better to try and fail than fail to try.

Life assurance is better than life insurance.

Happiness does not come from your position but from your disposition.

Some people don’t look up until they are flat on their back.

People are like tea. It is revealed what we are when we get in hot water.

You can give without loving but you can’t love without giving.

Silence is not always golden. It is sometimes just plain yellow.

God is interested in our availability more than our ability.

We either stand for the right thing or we fall for anything.

My life is a gift from God. What I do with it is my gift to Him.

The convenient thing about ignorance is that you can have an opinion without knowing the facts.

Humility is unique. When you think you’ve got it, you’ve lost it.

The nails did not fasten Jesus to the cross, His love did.

Some say they won’t believe until they see. God says we won’t see until we believe.

God can’t fill you up when you are full of yourself.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; some whenever they go.

A philosopher is someone who knows what to do until it happens to them.

Rather let your love be without words than your words be without love.

Many people are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

Too many people quit looking for work when they find a job.

Many would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

The door to the human heart can only be opened from the inside.

The heart of the human problem is the problem with the human heart.

Money makes a good steward and a poor master.

Flattery is something someone tells you that you wish were true.

Feelings are like toddlers. They are fun but you wouldn’t want to put them in charge.

Forgiveness is the violet’s fragrance left on the heel that crushed it.

Forgiveness sets a prisoner free; you!

One nice thing about telling the truth is that you don’t have to remember what you said.

Opportunity is often missed because it is disguised at hard work.

We cannot blame our circumstances for our character any more than the mirror for our looks.

An excuse: The skin of reason stuffed with a lie.

Our attitude determines our altitude.

All winds are hostile to the sailor who doesn’t know his destination.

It is difficult to steal from someone who is determined to give.

He who choses against his will is of the same opinion still.

We are as sick as our secrets.

Worry is negative meditation.

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a meal. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

If you don’t meet Satan head on, it just means you are going in the same direction he is.

The dead take to the grave only what they have given away.

The greatest distance in the universe lies between the head and the heart.

The wounded soldier serves best.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

One of Satan’s deadliest tricks is not to rob us of the answers, but to rob us of the questions.

Be careful not to climb the ladder of life only to find out, when you get to the top, that it is leaning against the wrong wall.

We must hold the things God gives to us in an open hand.

The past is meant to be a guide post, not a hitching post.

No one learned anything by talking.

Each act of kindness is its own reward.

The heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

We have no room for others when we are full of ourselves.

Children spell love: T-I-M-E.

Much mental illness is not from suffering, but the avoidance of suffering.

Better to love people and use things than to love things and use people.

God allows what He hates to achieve what He loves.

Christianity is not just getting us into Heaven, but getting Heaven into us.

The Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.

Non-anonymous:

If there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute.

– Frances A. Schaeffer

There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still. 

-Corie Ten Boom

We love to the extent that we are willing to be inconvenienced.  

– Anne Voskamp

Success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm. 

-Winston Churchill

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

-Thomas Merton

He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

-Jim Elliot

Seldom repress a generous impulse. 

-George Sweeting

Every experience God gives us… is the perfect preparation for the future only He can see.

-Corie Ten Boom

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. 

-Edmund Berke

The greatest act of faith is when man decides that he is not God. 

-Oliver Wendell Holmes

We have an eternity to enjoy the victories but only a few hours before dawn in which to win them. 

-Amy Charmichael

Some people believe you should get all you can, can all you get, then sit on your can. 

-Wayne Barber

I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for      others.

-Booker T Washington

Dating without the intent of marrying is like going to the grocery store with no money. You either leave unhappy or take something that isn’t yours.

-Jefferson Bethke