TOO HEAVY OF A RESPONSIBILITY A university professor gave his students a chance to evaluate his course. One of them said, "I like the course, but I feel very strongly that the professor puts too…
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REJECTION -- DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY Some girls in a college dorm had the problem of what to do when they wanted to turn down a date from someone they didn't want to go out…
MAKING A DIFFERENCE It doesn't make any difference whether you win or lose -- until you lose. Snoopy, in Peanuts by Charles Schulz
AUDITORS are the people who go in after the war is lost and bayonet the wounded. P. Rubin, The Great Business Quotations
SOME THINGS ARE PERENNIAL Nothing lasts forever -- with the possible exception of public broadcasting pledge weeks. Jim Vorsas, Saratoga, CA
WORK Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. Robert Benchley
THE ACCOUNTANT'S MAXIM When you make the mistake of adding the date to the right side of the accounting statement, you must add it to the left side too.
NEW INVENTION There's a brand-new invention for people who want to relax in an atmosphere of quiet tranquility. It's a phoneless cord.
WHO'S WHO Before the waitress could open her mouth, Grandpa announced, "I'm Bob, and I'll be your customer for the next hour." Jim Vorsas, Saratoga, CA
LOVE AND TRUTH The man who will not admit he's been wrong loves himself more than he loves the truth. Bits and Pieces
BASIS FOR ARGUMENT The less a thing can be proved, the angrier we get when we argue about it. Bits and Pieces
THEY'RE NOT PERMANENT Success is not permanent, but neither is failure. From Bits and Pieces
YOUTH V S. MATURITY We are only young once, but we can be immature indefinitely. From Bits and Pieces
ANGER AND ELOQUENCE Speak when you're angry -- and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Dynamic Preaching
CHILDLIKE FAITH AT CHRISTMAS As Christmas approached, each grade 7 student was asked to create a Christmas banner. The best creations were to be selected for the Children's Mass on Christmas Eve. The day the…
OUR BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT On Christmas Eve of 1986 a package was found stuck between the gates of my rented house. When my wife asked me to check the package, I was hesitating for there…
BE SURE AND MAIL EARLY In December, 1940, Mrs. A. E. Gadsby of Niagara Falls, Canada, mailed a Christmas parcel to her daughter in Prestwick, Scotland. The ship carrying the mail was torpedoed off the…
GIVING SOMETHING THAT MATTERS We had a lovely Director of Christian Education at our church in Virginia. Her name was Betty Jo Kendall. When Betty Jo came to our church, she organized a Children's Christmas…
THE CHRISTMAS TREE While I was getting my "Christmas haircut," my barber, Lou, shared with me an incident that had happened a few days before. He was cutting the hair of a little boy while…
CHRISTMAS STAR Nothing you can ever learn will explain exactly why it is there. Not all your science, nor your theology, nor your planning nor your schemes, will change its course. You cannot comprehend it,…
