AGES OF GREATER KNOWLEDGE Someone has figured out that the peak years of mental activity must be between the ages of 4 and 18. At 4, we know all the questions and at 18, we…
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NOT WORKING WORKS Lots of people have asked me what Gracie and I did to make our marriage work. It's simple-we didn't do anything. I think the trouble with a lot of people is that…
LISTEN AND FLATTER A good listener is a silent flatterer. Anonymous
HUMPHREY'S DOUBLE There is a story told by Representative David Obey of Wisconsin about Hubert Humphrey and Federal Judge Miles Lord. These two dignitaries were on a fishing trip in northern Minnesota. While in a…
CHANGE THE WORLD FIRST There is a scene from an old movie called "The Hoodlum Priest." The priest ministers to convicts. One of them is condemned to death. The priest and others picket the governor's…
ALCOHOLICS HAVE WILL-POWER Doc Severinson, former conductor of "The Tonight Show" band and reformed alcoholic made this observation concerning alcohol addiction: They say alcoholics don't have willpower. But if you ever want to see a…
WHAT RAIN STOPS How come the threat of showers postpones more yard chores than golf games? By Doug Larson, United Feature Syndicate
MARK TWAIN ON UNSEEN SIN I am constructed like everybody else and enjoy a compliment as well as any other fool, but I do like to have the other side presented. And there is another…
RESPECT IN MARRIAGE Francine Klagsbrun wrote a book entitled, Married People; Staying Together in the Age of Divorce. In the book she interviewed 87 couples who had been married 15 years or longer in search…
TOMBSTONE GENEROSITY A tombstone cutter was busily engaged in his shop when his friend dropped in for a visit. The friend, while looking about the shop, noticed a headstone which had been there for several…
TOMORROW SAVES WORK Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow. By Tom Wilson, Universal Press Syndicate
JUST WATCH Having called his men, Jesus made it a practice to be with them. This was the essence of His training program -- just letting His disciples follow Him... In his presence they could…
GETTING THE MESSAGE A preacher said to a farmer. "Do you belong to the Christian family?" "No." said he, "they live two farms down." "No, no! I mean are you lost?" "No, I've been here…
FALL ON THE BALL A personal story is told by Rev. William Stidger: Branch Rickey, former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals ball team, and later of the Brooklyn Dodgers, has a chapter in his…
TIME TO FLY You can fly but that cocoon has got to go!
POOR WITHOUT DREAMS A poor person is not one with no money, but one with no dream.
CONQUERING BELIEVERS For they can conquer who believe they can. (Emerson)
NO HURRY -- NO WORRY Don't hurry! Don't Worry! Do your best; leave the rest.
TRY OR FAIL Men & Women do not fail -- they give up trying.
SHARING PROBLEMS & JOYS A problem shared is cut in half; a joy shared is doubled.
