PERSISTENCE Even a blind hog occasionally turns up an acorn. Anonymous
Sermon Illustrations
PRAISE/CRITICISM The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. Norman Vincent Peale
RISK Let us live! Let us love! Let us share the deepest secrets of our souls! You go first! From a greeting card from Jack Longley, San Jose, California
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY The bathtub was invented in 1850. The telephone was invented in 1875. That means if you'd been living in 1850 you could have sat in the bathtub for 25 years without…
LOYALTY TO THE END What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies. Oliver Wendell Holmes
MIDDLE AGE that time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel just as good as ever. Don Marquis, Reader's Digest
SIGN TO POST IN THE BOARD ROOM OF YOUR CHURCH "Nothing will ever be accomplished if every objection must be overcome." Samuel Johnson
DEEP DOWN PESSIMISM Seen on a tee shirt in San Luis Obispo, CA: "Life is hard. Then you die."
REAL SKILL The essence of skill is extracting meaning from everyday experience. Bits and Pieces
THE AGE OF SPECIALIZATION A medical specialist is a doctor with a smaller practice but a larger boat. Funny, Funny World
POSTCARD TO PSYCHIATRIST "Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here -- to tell me why." Sunday Sermons
GENETIC MIRACLE One of the great mysteries of life is how the idiot that your daughter married can be the father of the smartest grandchildren in the whole wide world.
GOOD NEWS OUT OF BAD A teenager, pointing to the crumpled fender on the family car says "Good news, Dad! You haven't been pouring those insurance payments down the drain!" The above two were
SPEED VERSUS QUALITY People soon forget how fast you did a job; they remember much longer how well you did it. Chestnuts, Freshly Roasted
PERSPECTIVE the difference between ourselves and others is that we don't tell half of what we know, while they don't know half of what they tell. Bits and Pieces
THE IMPOSSIBLE What nobody can do until somebody does. Bits and Pieces
SUCCESS -- VARIATIONS ON A THEME 100 YEARS LATER My friend Ronnie Patton shared these two parallel quotes on success. "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection…
ECONOMICS-TERSELY PUT If your outgo exceeds your income then your upkeep will be your downfall.
PERSPECTIVE The easiest things to decide is what you'd do if you were in someone else's shoes.
SATISFACTION A person with six children is better satisfied than a person with six million dollars. Reason: The man with six million dollars wants more.
