Previous "Quotes of the Week" ~ 1998

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12/28/98:

"When we do the best we can,
we never know what miracle is wrought
in our life, or in the life of another."

-- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

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12/21/98:

"For unto you is born this day . . . a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord." --Luke 2:11

God's Gift to You
Not in a package, but in a manger...
Not under a tree, but nailed to one...
Not for a price, but freely given...
Not for a season, but for all time.

JESUS.

-- From a New Life worship folder
used by Marysville Free Methodist Church on 12/20/98,
published by Warner Press, Inc.

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12/14/98:

"Thy little ones, dear Lord, are we
And come Thy holy bed to see.
Enlighten every soul and mind
That we the way to Thee may find."

-- Traditional Danish carol, from the collection An American Christmas Carol: A Celebration of Our Heritage from Around the World (1989)

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12/07/98:

"The time draws near the birth of Christ;
The moon is hid; the night is still;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the mist."

-- Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892), from his elegy In Memoriam

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11/30/98:

"You get out of life not what you want--
you get out of life what you are."

-- John Stanford, Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools
and three-star Army major general (1938 - 1998)

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11/22/98:

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Were there no God,
we would be in this glorious world
with grateful hearts
and no one to thank."

-- Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

"I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth."

-- Psalm 34:1 (New Kings James Version)

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11/15/98:

"A [person] can be no bigger than the number of people
for whom he [or she] genuinely cares."

-- The New Daily Walk Bible (p. 376),
published by Tyndale House Publishers with
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries, Inc. (c.1995)

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11/8/98:

"In order to succeed, you must know what you are doing,
like what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing."

-- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

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11/1/98:

(Election Day is November 3rd)

"If the citizens neglect their duty...laws will be made
not for the public good so much as for
selfish or evil purposes."

-- Noah Webster (1758 - 1843)

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10/25/98:

As Halloween approaches, let's not forget to focus on Almighty God:

"...there is no other God besides Me, a just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me. Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other."

-- Isaiah 45:21b, 22 (NKJV)

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10/18/98:

"Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people."

-- Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline,
published in 1977 by HarperSanFransisco

Thanks to OCW Newsletter, Oct. 1998,
and Elsie Larsen

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10/12/98:

"One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore yourfaith in yourself."

-- Lucille Ball (1911-1989)

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10/4/98:

"I arise each morning torn between a desire
to save the world and a desire to savor the world.
That makes it hard to plan the day."

-- E.B. White (1899-1985)

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9/27/98:

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people."

-- Proverbs 14:34 (NIV)

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9/21/98:

(Clinton's perjury)

"We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our childrenthat honesty is the best policy."

--George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

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9/13/98:

(Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky)

"Character is what you are in the dark."

--Dwight L. Moody

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9/6/98:

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is full alsoof the overcoming of it."

--Helen Keller (1880-1968)

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8/30/98:

(In honor of Princess Diana)

"The world is blessed most by men who do things,
and not by those who merely talk about them."

--James Oliver

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8/24/98:

(same as below)

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8/14/98:

"Perseverance is a great element of success.
If you only knock long enough
and loud enough at the gate,
you are sure to wake up somebody."

-- H. W. Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

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