Bible Baptist Church-Port Orchard

Posted By Pastor Al Hughes on November 1, 2011

• “About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.” (Tommy Lasorda)
• “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” (Stephen King)
• “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out  of other people’s money.” (Margaret Thatcher, quoted in The Sword of the Lord)
• “Character is like a tree and a reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” (Abraham Lincoln, quoted in CNBC.com)
• “It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.” (J.K. Rowling, quoted in Bookreporter.com)
• “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” (Eleanor Roosevelt, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle)
• “All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.” (Red Skelton, quoted in the The Denver Post)
• “Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.” (Kathleen Winsor, quoted in Real Simple)
• “Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.” (Woody Allen, quoted in BBCNews.com)
• “Everybody wants to save the planet, but nobody wants to help Mom in the kitchen.”
• “No man is rich enough to buy back his past.” (Oscar Wilde, quoted in Forbes.com)

QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “Israel has no better friend than America. And America has no better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism… In an unstable Middle East, Israel is the one anchor of stability. In a region of shifting alliances, Israel is America’s unwavering ally. Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American. My friends, you don’t need to do nation building in Israel. (Benjamin Netanyahu, quoted in Israel, My Glory)

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