MEAN & UGLY FACES A boy was making faces at his classmates during school. His teacher rebuked him and said, "I was told as a girl that if I made mean and ugly faces at…
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HISTORY OF ISRAEL When Israel wrote her own history, they did not write it the way other nations wrote histories. Other nations hired historians to write the history to make that nation and the king…
FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINTS Freedom does not mean the absence of constraints or more absolutes. Suppose a skydiver at 10,000 feet announces to the rest of the group, "I'm not using a parachute this time. I…
FROM BORN TO WORSE When we were born into this world, we had nothing; we were naked, wet and hungry. And then things started to get bad!
ENCOURAGE THE REAL ONES Mommy looked out the window and saw her daughter in the newly planted flower garden. Her daughter was strategically placing artificial flowers around the flower garden. Mommy came out and asked…
NO GOALS Incompetence is a companion of decline because decline has no goal; when people do not care and have no goal in view, they do not function at their utmost. They grow lax and…
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MEANING OF GENTLEMAN The word "Gentleman" originally meant someone recognizable; one who had a coat of arms and property. When you called him a gentleman, you were not paying him a compliment, but simply stating…
HONEST WITH GOD God wants us to be direct and honest with Him, telling Him all we feel and think. St. Theresa, the great prayer warrior and reformer of the sixteenth century, found her carriage…
A FLY A DAY A thought for the day in A Clarification of Questions: Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini wrote that "...if a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not…
AWARD TRANSFERRED Angel Martino won a bronze medal for finishing third place in the 100 meter freestyle competition at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. But Angel gave her medal away to a…
BOTH PARTIES ARE WORSE The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. -- Will Rogers
SENATOR BRADLEY ON CIVILITY Former U. S. Senator Bill Bradley left the senate to make a greater difference by chairing the National Civic League which assists local communities by promoting civil cooperation. In his first…
GENIUS OF WORK Genius is the ability and willingness to do hard work, and any other concept is a doubtful if not dangerous proposition. -- Thomas Edison
PROBLEM WITH FAST TALK The problem with talking too fast is that it increases the chances of saying something that we have not yet thought of.
QUIET CURE FOR TROUBLES All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms. -- Seventeenth century French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal
LISTEN WITH THE HEART The busy bureaucrat was late for an appointment and he almost bowled over a young lady who stepped in his path. She was passing out Christian tracts on a busy New…
ISRAELI LEADERS In the modern Israeli army a strict code of courage is enjoined on all officers, all of whom must take commando or paratroop training. The words "Forward march!" have been expunged from the…
MOUTH MOST OPENED BY MISTAKE There is nothing that is more frequently opened by mistake than is the mouth.
LAWYER & A THIEF A man was charged with the theft of an expensive sports car. After a lengthy trial, the man was acquitted. Shortly after his trial, the acquitted returned to see the judge…
ROMAN FATHERS Here is a view of family that was contemporary with that of early Christianity: "I am the paterfamilias, the absolute head of this household. My very word is law. My actions are not…
