Religious Quotations
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Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
--John Wesley 1703-1791

 

 

Learn to understand first and to be understood second.
--Beca Lewis Allen

 

 

 

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?
--Stephen Levine

 

 

 

God gave you two hands,
one for helping yourself,
and another to help others.
-Unknown

 

LIFE'S LESSONS

I've learned....that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I've learned....that when you're in love, it shows.

I've learned....that just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.

I've learned....that having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

I've learned....that being kind is more important than being right.

I've learned....that you should never say no to a gift from a child.

I've learned....that I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

I've learned....that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

I've learned....that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

I've learned....that simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

I've learned....that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I've learned....that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I've learned....that money doesn't buy class.

I've learned....that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned....that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I've learned....that the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

I've learned....that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned....that when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

I've learned....that love, not time, heals all wounds.

I've learned....that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

I've learned....that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

I've learned....that there's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

I've learned....that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

I've learned....that life is tough, but I'm tougher.

I've learned....that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I've learned....that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I've learned....that I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.

I've learned....that one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

I've learned....that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I've learned....that I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

I've learned....that when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

I've learned....that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

I've learned....that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.

I've learned....that the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

--Andy Rooney

 

 

 

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
--Alfred D Souza.

 

 

 

Speak up for those
who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
- Proverbs 31: 8 ~ 9 -

 

 

I am certain of nothing but of the holiness
of the heartís affections, and the truth of the Imagination.
--John Keats (1795-1821)

 

 

"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve  added years to life, not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space; we’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice.   

We have higher incomes, but lower morals; we’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference...or just hit delete.  Pass it on.

--Supposedly an email sent from a Columbine student
who experienced one of the many school massacres.

 

 

Having failed to learn love as a child,
an adult is in a poor position ever to learn love.
-Unknown

 

 

Walk through life with a good heart
and you will run with success.
-Unknown

 

 

Let it be you who leans above me
On my last day
Let it be you who shut my eyelids 
Forever and aye.

Say a "Good-night" as you have said it
All of these years
With the old look, with the old whisper
And without tears

You will know then all that in silence
You always knew,
Though I have loved, I loved no other
As I love you.

- Sarah Teasdale -

 

 

There is great comfort in knowing
that those who love you love enough
to take the responsibility
for marking out the permissible.
--Thornton Wilder

 

 

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
--Confucius

 

 

Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts.
--Garrison, Barbara

 

 

 He who loses money, loses much;  He who loses a friend, loses much more; He who loses faith, loses all.
--Eleanor Roosevelt

 

 

What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.
--Bodie Thoene

 

Faith is evidence of things unseen.
-Unknown

 

 

What you do every day should contribute
to giving your life meaning.
If it doesn't, why are you doing it?
--Don Hutcheson

 

 

I have nothing new to teach the world.  Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.  All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
--Mohandas K. Gandhi

 

 

Christians awake, salute the happy morn,
Whereon the Savior of the world was born.
--John Byrom, Hymn for Christmas Day

 

 

It is a revered thing to see an ancient castle not in decay,
but how much more it is to behold an ancient family
which has stood against the waves and weathers of time.
- -Francis Bacon

 

 

He became what we are, to make us what he is
-Unknown

 

 

We are all angels with one wing.
The only way to fly, therefore,
is to embrace one another.
--Unknown

 

 

Before enlightenment -
chop wood, carry water.
After enlightenment  -
chop wood, carry water.
--Zen Buddhist Saying

 

 

There is more to life than increasing its speed.
--Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

The grass is greener on God's side.
-Unknown

 

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer.
There is no disease that enough love will not heal.
No door that enough love will not open.
No gulf that enough love will not bridge.
 No wall that enough love will not throw down.
And no sin that enough love will not redeem.
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble.
How hopeless the outlook.
How muddled the tangle.
How great the mistake.
A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
And if you could love enough,
you would be the happiest and most powerful person in the world.
--Emmet Fox

 

If tomorrow starts without me...

When tomorrow starts without me and I’m not there to see, if the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me; I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today, while thinking of the many things we didn’t get to say.

I know how much you love me, as much as I love you, and each time that you think of me, I know you’ll miss me too.  

But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand, that an angel came and called my name, and took me by the hand.

And said my place was ready, in heaven far above, and that I’d have to leave behind all those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye.  For all my life, I’d always thought, I didn’t want to die. I had so much to live for, so much left yet to do. It seemed almost impossible, that I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays, the good ones and the bad.  I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had.

If I could relive yesterday, just even for a while, I’d say good-bye and kiss you, and maybe see you smile. 

But then I fully realized, that this could never be.  For emptiness and memories, would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things, I might miss come tomorrow, I thought of you, and when I did, my heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven’s gates, I felt so much at home.  When God looked down and smiled at me, from His great and golden throne.

He said, “This is eternity, and all I’ve promised you.  Today your life on earth is past, but here life starts anew.”

“I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last.  And since each day’s the same way, there’s no longing for the past.”

“You have been so faithful, so trusting and so true.  Though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn’t do.”  “But you have been forgiven and now at last you’re free.  So won’t you come and take my hand and share my life with me?”

So when tomorrow starts without me, don’t think we’re far apart.  For every time you think of me, I’m right here, in your heart.

 

I received via email being circulated...  The story behind this poem is as follows:

A few weeks ago I talked to a woman whose ex-husband’s wife had just been killed in an auto accident. She was very, very well liked, the school systems shut down for her funeral and it was on the news and so on.

On the day the teachers came back to work, they found this poem in their e-mail that the deceased woman had sent on Friday before she left school.

 

The more deeply you understand people,
the more you will appreciate them,
the more reverent you will feel about them.
To tough the soul of another human being
is to walk on holy ground.
--Stephen R. Covey

 

 

 

Love is like breathing,
you take it in and you let it out.
-- Wally Lamb

 

 

 

You cannot do a kindness too soon,
for you never know how soon it will be too late.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

 

When someone is in your life for a REASON. . .
It is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part, at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.

Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.  What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.


When people come into your life for a SEASON. . .
Because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.


LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.


Thank you for being a part of my life !; whether it be for a reason, a season or a lifetime...

--Author Unknown
Email received from a true friend...

 

 

 

Blessed indeed is the man
who hears many gentle voices call him father!
--Lydia M. Child

 

 

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength;
While loving someone deeply gives you courage.
--Tao Tzu

 

 

 

Descend down into thine own heart
and there read what thou art and what thou shalt be.
--Jemima Wilkinson

 

 

There are a thousand hacking at the branches
of evil to one who is striking at the root.
-- Henry David Thoreau

 

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