The following quotes were found on some churches' bulletin boards or newsletters. Although they're no substitute for good scripture, they can help drive home some valuable points and provide some humor. Eternity is too long to be wrong. A hypocrite preaches by the yard but practices by the inch. The greatness of all faults is to be conscious of none. Anyone can be polite to a king ­ it takes a true gentleman to be polite to a beggar. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. If you must put people down, put them down on your prayer list. You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction. A lie is the refuge of the weak. The person of courage is not afraid of the consequences of the truth. You only go around once in life ­ then there is judgment. To a common stable, on a common evening ­ came the most uncommon event in the history of mankind. It is not necessary to blow out your neighbor's light to let your own shine. If you think living for Christ is hard ­ try dying without Him. B.I.B.L.E.: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Nothing distorts the truth like stretching it. Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. The Christian on his knees can see more than the philosopher on his tiptoes. Adversity causes some men to break ­ others to break records. I complained about having no shoes, until I met a man with no feet. The Lord carries some people to deep water, not to drown but to cleanse. Trouble and perplexity drives us to prayer, and prayer driveth away trouble and perplexity. The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we have not. The most bored people in life are not the underprivileged, but the over privileged. A man's character is like rich topsoil, it can erode so gradually you don't notice till it's all gone. Activity strengthens ­ inactivity weakens. An atheist does not find God for the same reason a thief does not find a police officer. If a man's Bible is falling apart, it is an indication that the man is fairly well put together. There is a vast difference between putting your nose in other people's business and putting your heart in other people's problems. Men do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them. It is easier to learn good behavior by watching it, rather than by merely hearing about it. What really matters is what happens in us ­ not to us. There is seldom an inner urge to preach what one practices. Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will follow your advice. Other men see only a hopeless end ­ but the Christian rejoices in an endless hope.

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