"The greatest part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not our circumstances." ~Martha Washington~ "God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters." ~John Henry Jowett~ "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you put into it, the more it will contract." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes~ "The devil is not afraid of a dust covered Bible." ~Charles Spurgeon~ "Those who give, have all things. They who withhold, have nothing." ~Hindu Proverb~ "Worry doesn't help tomorrow's troubles, but it does ruin today's happiness." ~Unknown~ "The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is giving your gift away." ~David Viscott~ "The length of our life is less important than its depth. ~Mary David Fisher~ "We can easily forgive a child when he is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~Plato~ "Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world." ~Hans Margolius~ "Faith says, 'Here is my need.' Dedicatinon adds, 'Nevertheless, Thy will be done.'" ~Paul Crafton~ "Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent." ~Jean Kerr~ "Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ~Eric Hoffer~ "The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach." ~Benjamin E. Mayes~ "We must always have old memories and young hopes." ~Arsene Houssaye~ "Remember, the best thing to spend on your child, is time." ~Unknown~ "Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experiences and invest them in the future." ~Him Rohn~ "Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow." ~Swedish Proverb~ "Time isn't a commodity, something you pass around like cake. Time is the substance of life. When someone asks you to give your time, they're really asking for a chunk of your life." ~Antoinette Bosco~ "Where the footprints of God lead you, the grace of God will keep you." ~Unknown~ "The STOPS of a good man are ordered by the Lord, as well as his STEPS." ~G. Mueller~ "Unless we reach our children's hearts today, they will break our hearts tomorrow." ~Paul L. Powers~ "Use your mistakes as a guidepost, not a hitching post." ~Some people don't recognize opportunity because it comes dressed in work clothes." ~Unknown~ "Worry gives a small thing a big shadow." ~Unknown~ "He who has a sharp tongue, cuts his own throat." ~Unknown~ "If you learn from losing, then you haven't lost." ~Unknown~ "Forget your past mistakes, but remember what they taught you." ~Unknown~ "God formed us; sin deformed us; but Christ can transform us." ~Unknown~ "If we have pleasant thoughts, even when we are alone, then we are in good company." ~Unknown~ "You can't break God's promises by leaning on them." ~Unknown~ "Prepare and prevent, instead of repair and repent." ~Unknown~ "With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun." ~Unknown~ "Count the day lost, when you have done no worthy deed." ~Unknown~ "When life writes 'ENDED', the angels write 'BEGUN'." ~Unknown~ "The main reason our Lord gives for not worrying about the future, is that it's completely in His hands." ~Unknown~ "Aim to carve your name on hearts, not on marble." ~Unknown~ What you leave IN your children, should be more than what you leave TO them." ~Unknown~           Contents & Graphics Copyright © Homespun Blessings/2001 and the graphic artist listed. Our work is not Public Domain, and should NOT be taken from this site. Thank you.