TRUMAN AIN'T GREAT When Harry Truman was thrust into the presidency at the death of F.D.R., Sam Rayburn gave him some fatherly advice: "From here on out you're going to have lots of people around…
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THE ABILITY TO FORGIVE Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch woman who was in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII tells of an incident that occurred after the War. While speaking at a rally, one German…
COMMITMENT TO WHOM Let it be repeated, there are two views of one's life. One is that a man's life is his own, to do with as he pleases; the other is that it belongs…
HAVE IT YOUR WAY - OR GOD'S When Lars and I lived in Georgia he took me one Saturday night to a place called "Swampland" in the little country town of Toomsboro. It comprised a…
THE EXTRA STEP OF EARNESTNESS Earnestness goes one step beyond sincerity. To be sincere is to mean what we say and to do what we say; to be earnest is, in addition, to feel what…
PRIDE AND PREACHING DON'T MIX A young preacher went to preach his first sermon. He'd done so much work on this masterpiece that he was full of his own importance. He entered the pulpit with…
REWARDS OF INTERRUPTIONS Do you know what happens to little boys who keep interrupting? They grow up and make a fortune doing commercials on television.
ROOT OF NO EVIL Love of the right use of money is the root of much good.
OPINIONATED BONDAGE Obstinate men don't hold opinions, opinions hold them.
WHEN TO QUIT It is one thing to never give up and another to know when to quit.
HELPING HEARTS CAN CRITICIZE He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help.
FACIAL WRITING The gods we worship write their names on our faces.
THROUGH CHANGING When you're through changing, you're through.
SNAIL TEETH If common garden snails get your vegetables, it's no wonder! Snails have 135 rows of teeth located in their tongues, and each row contains 105 teeth. This comes to a total of 14,175…
PRAYER AND FAITH Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
PREPARATION HELPS LUCK Chance favors the prepared mind. By Louis Pasteur
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The master of ceremonies is speaking: "Tonight we have a galaxy of international stars performing for us... from Indonesia, Mr. Frank Sumatra; from South America, the gorgeous Bolivia Newton-John; from Chile, the Mr.…
PREACHING TWIN OR PRACTICING TWIN Of the twin brothers, one became a minister and the other a physician. It was almost impossible to tell the twins apart. A man approached one of them on the…
EIGHT PLUS EIGHT The key to getting ahead is setting aside eight hours a day for work and eight hours a day for sleep, and making sure they're not the same eight hours. By Gene…
REPUTABLE CHARACTER If you spend too much time on polishing your reputation, your character will become tarnished.
