Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree. - Charlotte Carpenter

It is one thing to know there is a God; it's another thing to know the God that is. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. - Phillips Brooks

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'. - Bing Crosby

Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal man may live in eternity. - John Hus

Good news from heaven the angels bring, Glad tidings to the earth they sing: To us this day a child is given, To crown us with the joy of heaven. - Martin Luther

A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The very best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a Person. - Halford Luccock

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness. - Bob Hope

At Christmas, all roads lead home. - Marjorie Holmes

Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving. - J. C. Penney

Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. - Lenore Hershey

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. - Charles Dickens

God Sent Us a Savior From glory to a manger... from the manger to a cross... from the cross to a tomb... from the tomb back to glory... from glory to our hearts. - Unknown

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! - Benjamin Franklin

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels grateful and has no one to thank. - Samuel Cavert

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; but to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude allows. - Edward Sandford Martin

The door to the room of success swings on the hinges of opposition. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. - W. J. Cameron

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee! - Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who thanks but with the lips Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving Comes from the heart. - J. A. Shedd

I give thanks unto my God for this; that I am found worthy to be among those whom the world hateth. - Jerome

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods. - C. S. Lewis

It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray-haired. But most of them were boys when they died; they gave up two lives — the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their county, for us. All we can do is remember. - Ronald Wilson Reagan Remarks at Veteran's Day ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 1985

Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

It is a sin to do less than your best. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. - Winston Churchill

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. - Winston Churchill

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan

A man is a fool who leans on the arm of flesh when he can be supported by the arm of Omnipotence. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

If lips and life do not agree, the testimony will not amount to much. - Harry A. Ironside

You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. - Ronald Reagan

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

The greatest ability is dependability. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. - Winston Churchill

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. - Calvin Coolidge

If you are strangers to prayer, you are strangers to power. - Billy Sunday

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war; it's to be prepared for peace. - Ronald Reagan

Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere! - David Livingstone

Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of faith is to see what we believe. - Augustine

We've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of government himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? - Ronald Reagan

I have found that there are three stages in every great wok of God; first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done. - Hudson Taylor

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car. - Laurence Peter

When led of the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to speak. - Lewis Sperry Chafer

The two biggest little words in the English language are the two little words "do right." - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. - Lewis Sperry Chafer

It is much better to be drawn by the joys of heaven, than driven by the sorrows of earth. - C. H. Mackintosh

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. - Calvin Coolidge

What you love and what you hate reveal what you are. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

Salvation is the work of God for man; it is not the work of man for God. - Lewis Sperry Chafer

Be on guard against any tampering with the Word, whether disguised as a search for truth, or a scholarly attempt at apparently hidden meanings; and beware of the confusion created by the senseless rash of new versions, translations, editions, and improvements upon the tried and tested Bible of our fathers and grandfathers. - M. R. DeHaan

A servant of God has but one Master. - George Muller

Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell. - C. T. Studd

Love to Christ is proved by doing the things which He commands, and not merely saying, Lord, Lord. - C. H. Mackintosh

Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. - J. Wilbur Chapman

We need not all agree, but if we disagree, let us not be disagreeable in our disagreements. - M. R. DeHaan

Christ is a substitute for everything, but nothing is a substitute for Christ. - Harry A. Ironside

Beloved, let the fact of what our Lord suffered for you grip you, and you will never again be the same. - Oliver B. Greene

If it be the duty of all men to believe the Gospel ... then it be the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations. - William Carey

Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. - Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.

A Bible in the hand is worth two in the bookcase. - Unknown

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky

I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers - and it was not there . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests and it was not there . . . in her rich mines and her vast world commerc - and it was not there . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution - and it vas not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great. - Alexis de Toqueville (attributed) * *Note: This quote is disputed in regards to whether it actually comes from de Toqueville or not. It seems to not be found in Democracy in America or any of his writings. Part of it shows up attributed to de Toqueville in a book from 1941 (long after de Toqueville's death), but where that source acquired the quote is unknown.

Freedom's natal day is here. Fire the guns and shout for freedom, See the flag above unfurled! Hail the stars and stripes forever, Dearest flag in all the world. - Florence A. Jones

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States - Adams, John

Men do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them. - Unknown

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. - Elmer Davis

Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use. - Peter Mere Latham - quoted by David Allen in Ready for Anything, p. 9

The Bible is a window in this prison-world, through which we may look into eternity. - Timothy Dwight

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. - Thomas Paine

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. - Abraham Lincoln

You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing. David Allen in Ready for Anything, p. 6

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. - Kemal Ataturk

The New Testament is the very best book that was or ever will be known in the world. - Charles Dickens

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope. - Winston Churchill

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein - quoted by David Allen in Ready for Anything, p. 7

Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present. Albert Camus

It is impossible to righteously govern the world without God and the Bible. - George Washington

If it doesn’t produce a change, it’s not the gospel. - Dr. Drew Conley

A life without love is like a year without summer. - Swedish Proverb

God is everywhere. However, He does not want you to reach out for Him everywhere but only in the Word. Reach out for it and you will grasp Him aright. Otherwise you are tempting God and setting up idolatry. That is why He has established a certain method for us. This teaches us how and where we are to look for Him and find Him, namely, in the Word. - Martin Luther

Within the covers of one single book, the Bible, are all the answers to all the problems that face us today—if only we would read and believe. - Ronald Reagan

It's possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. - Lee Segall - Quoted by David Allen in Ready for Anything, -p. 15

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. - Thomas Campbell

Never let good books take the place of the Bible. Drink from the Well, not from the streams that flow from the Well. - Amy Carmichael

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. -Benjamin Disraeli

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. - Unknown

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it - Adams, John Quincy

For love of country they accepted death - James Garfield

GOING TO THE GONE A checklist for Memorial Day by Greg Asimakoupoulos May 23, 2008 Go look in on your children still asleep within their bed. Remind yourself they're safe and warm because of some long dead. Go for a walk through cemeteries lined with little flags. Take time to ponder homebound heroes flown in body bags. Go stand between those granite stones engraved with names and dates. Imagine all who died defending our United States. Go on and kneel beside a marker offering a prayer with gratitude for those who gave their lives defeating terror. Go home and count your blessings from the hands of those now gone. Then vow to the Almighty that their mem'ry will live on. Also found here. The following note applies to this poem: Copyright 2008 Greg Asimakoupoulos. Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, and always with the same person. - Mignon McLaughlin

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendships, all the enjoyment of sense and reason - and indeed all the sweets of life. - Joseph Addison

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. - John Quincy Adams

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -James Madison

We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots. - Charles F. Browne

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties. Write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. - Ulysses S. Grant

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. - Terrance - Quoted by David Allen in Ready for Anything, p. 21

It is more important to watch how a man lives than to listen to what he says. - Unknown

Part-time faith, as a part-time job, will not fully support you. - Unknown

A small leak will sink a great ship. - Unknown

I cannot explain the wind, but I hoist a sail. - Unknown

An honest confession is good for the soul. - Unknown

Usually the faults we see in others are the ones we are guilty of. - Unknown

You can make a good living, yet live a poor life. - Unknown

The three hardest words in the English language for the average person are, "I was wrong." - Unknown

Where we go and what we do advertise what we are. - Unknown

It is more important to watch how a man lives than to listen to what he says. - Unknown

God will not do for you what He has given you strength to do for yourself. - Bob Jones, Sr.

Busy people are seldom bothered by depression. - Unknown

It costs more to amuse a child than it did to educate his father. - Unknown

We can always learn much from our faults and our failures. - Unknown

Frogs have it easy - they eat what bugs them. - Unknown

To do good to an enemy may lose him as an enemy. - Unknown

There's enough Bread of Life to supply the whole world, but are there enough volunteers to distribute it? - Unknown

My Commitment As A Christian

My Commitment As A Christian I'm part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit Power. The dye has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I'm a disciple of His. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I'm finished and donw with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, cheap living, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His presence, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power. My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way rough, my companions few, my Gide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, preached up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. And when He comes for His own, He will have no problems recognizing me - my banner will be clear. - written by a young African pastor and tacked on the wall of his home

A little explained, a littel endured, a little forgiven and the quarrel is cured. - Unknown

We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Unknown

Most children are spoiled because parents can't spank Grandma. - Unknown

Woe to the house where the Hen crows louder than the Rooster. - Unknown