NEUROSIS AND SUFFERING Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. Scott Peck, The Road Less Travelled
Sermon Illustrations
LET'S TALK LOUD The loudest sound known to man is the first rattle in a brand new car. Earl Wilson, as reported in Christian Communications Laboratory
MODERN SCENE What's the difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman? Answer: The used car salesman knows when he's lying.
NEGLECTED The most neglected men in history are Whistler's Father and Lord Godiva.
PROFESSION AND REALITY People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. Leo J. Burke.
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE Never wrestle with a pig, you both get all dirty . . . and the pig likes it.
PARTING THOUGHT In the words of Ashleigh Brilliant, "All I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance." From Ashleigh Brilliant's I May Not Be Totally Perfect, But Parts of…
WHAT DEATH IS NOT Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the Dawn has come." Rabindranath Tagore
NOT TO FEAR Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." Attributed to an aged astronomer
DEFINING TERMS What the caterpillar calls the end, God calls a butterfly.
GETTING IT DONE There are three ways to get something done: 1) Do it yourself 2) Hire someone 3) Forbid your kids to do it. (Also
PARENTS In her school essay on "parents," a little girl wrote: "We got our parents so late in age that it is impossible to change their habits."
TEENS Teenagers were put on earth to keep adults from wasting time on the telephone.
TEEN TROUBLE Show me a kid of 18 who can't wait to register to vote and I'll show you a kid who's going to be trouble in other areas as well. From Funny, Funny World,…
INSANITY is hereditary. You can get it from your children. Sam Levenson
BEND THEM Just as the tree is bent the tree's inclined. Alexander Pope
FATHER'S ROLE The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Fr. Theodore Hesburgh
GOOD EXAMPLE Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Mark Twain, as quoted by Martin Marty in Context
EXCEPTIONS Reported to be seen on a sign outside a church in Houston, Texas: 'The meek shall inherit the earth.' Underneath it, a graffitist had scrawled (appropriately, perhaps, in oil-rich Texas) "But not the mineral…
TALK, TALK, TALK A gossip is one who talks to you about other people. A bore is one who talks to you about himself, and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about…
