Friday, May 14, 2004

HOPE




“Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work.” 
Charles Sawyer

“The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it.” Harvey Milk

“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.” John Lennon

“We should no let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.” John F. Kennedy

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” Dale Carnegie

“To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.” Pearl S. Buck

“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.- Henry Miller
 
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.- Indira Gandhi
 
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.- Anonymous
 
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.- Marianne Williamson
 
Peace is not a passive but an active condition.- Mary Roberts Rinehart
 
To love God Truly, one must first love man.- Hassidic saying
 
Let us know peace. For as long as the moon shall rise, For as long as the rivers shall flow, For as long as the sun will shine, For as long as the grass shall grow, Let us know peace.- Traditional Native American Prayer
 
Peace, like charity begins at home.- Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings Peace.- Buddha
 
EMERGENCY NUMBERS

Good Emergency Numbers:


When in sorrow, call John 14.

When men fail you, call Psalm 27.

If you want to be fruitful, call John 15.

When you have sinned, call Psalm 51.

When you worry, call Matthew 6:19-34.

When you are in danger, call Psalm 91.

When God seems far away, call Psalm 139.

When your faith needs stirring, call Hebrews 11.

When you are lonely and fearful, call Psalm 23.

When you grow bitter and critical, call 1 Cor. 13.

For Paul's secret to happiness, call Col. 3:12-17.

For idea of Christianity, call 1 Cor. 5:15-19.

When you feel down and out, call Romans 8:31

When you want peace and rest, call Matt. 11:25-30

When the world seems bigger than God, call Psalm90.

When you want Christian assurance, call Romans 8:1-30.

When you leave home for labor or travel, call Psalm 121.

When your prayers grow narrow or selfish, call Psalm 67.

For a great invention or opportunity, call Isaiah 55.

When you want courage for a task, call Joshua 1.

How to get along with fellow man, call Romans 12.

When you think of investments and returns, call Mark 10.

If you are depressed, call Psalm 27.

If your pocketbook is empty, call Psalm 37.

If you're losing confidence in people, call 1 Cor. 13

If people seem unkind, call John 15.

If discouraged about your work, call Psalm 126.

If you find the world growing small and yourself great, call Psalm 19.

Emergency numbers may be dialed direct. No operator assistance is necessary. All lines are open to Heaven 24 hours a day! Feed your Faith, and doubt will starve to death!  
 
 
When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears. Anthony Robbins 
 
" Nobody is entirely useless. Even the worst of us can serve as horrible examples." Mark Twain

"The begining of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety." George Muller


Speak good words, kind words, words of wisdom, words of encouragement. Like gentle rain upon a dormant field. Eventually, they will coax the seeds beneath the soil to life.
Rabbi Tzvi Freeman 

"It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop."
Confucius  



The one who is truly wise, and who uses the forces and powers with which they are endowed, to them the great universe always opens her treasure house.
Ralph Waldo Trine 

The best way to predict your future, is to create it.
Stephen R. Covey


"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
~ Edward Everett Hale~
(1822-1909-Author, Clergyman, Chaplin of U.S. Senate)