Thoughtful one-liners!

I've been gathering up so many useful quotations, recently, that I thought it was time that I shared a few more.  They are not given in any particular order of either preference or importance, although one or two do seem particularly applicable to my own ongoing situation in France!

"Not everything that can be counted, counts; and not everything that counts, can be counted".  (Albert Einstein)

"The most important things in life aren't things."  (from Rick de Koster: one of my Dutch friends)

"Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness."  (Martin Luther)

"Christianity has not been tried and found to be wanting; it has been found to be difficult, and not tried!"  (G.K.Chesterton)

"To be almost saved is to be totally lost"  ('Wayside pulpit'; New Paris, Ohio)

"When things don't go your way, God has plans of His own.  Better plans!"  (Word for Today, UCB)

"Motivation gets you through the day, but inspiration lasts a lifetime."  (Nick Vujicic - born without hands,
arms, or legs: just one 'chicken drumstick'! Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE   if you dare!)

"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done"  (Louis Brandeis)

"If you don't like the way you were born ... try being born again!"  ('Wayside pulpit'; Mobile, Alabama)

Quotable quotes

It seems like some time since I published a collection of quotable quotes so, in spite of it being two lots of 'cribs' in one day (!!), here is a little selection.

"Reasoning is a product of your head; discernment is a product of your spirit." (The Word for Today; June 22nd, 2010)

"Miracles are for the obedient, not the wishful." (TWfT, July 25th, 2010)

"God doesn't call us to work for Him, but with Him; and that guarantees our success." (TWfT, July 20th, 2010)

"Time and again in the evangelical world, we get the Gospel wrong. We seem to be preaching that the Christian message is 'O Lord, my life is empty - fill me; rather than 'O Lord, I am an offense to You - rescue me.'!" (Rico Tice; co-author of Chrisianity Explored)

"... you're not defeated until your doubts and regrets take the place of your dreams." (TWfT, Aug. 2nd, 2010)

"The church's problem isn't too many people speaking negatively; it's too few people speaking positively!" (TWfT, Aug.5th, 2010)

"Why should we pursue excellence? We worship a God Who demonstrates excellence in all He does. He created the entire universe, and then made that simplest and most satisfying of quality control statements: what He had made was good (Genesis 1). When faced with solving the problem of a human race that had rebelled against Him, He chose the most costly of solutions: sacrificing his only Son." (J.John; Evangelist, author, and speaker - read the full article at:

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/why.is.church.coffee.so.often.bad/26346.htm )

The Word for Today is published by UCB, and may be read on a daily basis, online at http://www.ucb.co.uk/

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