The taxpayer -- that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.

-Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the U.S.

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And he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and to God the things which be God’s. -Luke 20:25 (KJV)

”For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hebrews 10:39 New King James Version

But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. -- Charles Dickens

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1st Corinthians 2:11 NKJV

For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

From ＜https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%202:11-13&version=NKJV＞

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can’t lead to a good conclusion.

Julian Assange, quoted in ”Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle”. The Guardian. 2010-08-01

Proverb 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.＜BR＞-

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These six things dose the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaks lies, and everyone who sows discord among brethren.

-William Arthur Ward, Christian author, newspaper writer

If you can imagine it, You can achieve it.

If you can dream it, You can become it.

(Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV)

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Walt Disney

”Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.”

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. If we choose to see the obstacles as hurdles, we can leap over them. Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

Ben Carson, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, p. 232

Philippians 2:3 (ESV)

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.

Francis Bacon, Essays.

John 15: 2 ESV

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, Chapter 6 (1909)

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.