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Vol 11
Goldmines quotes and bulletin
inserts
Vol
11
#1
Mar
2011
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"Whatever
it is that keeps people
from getting rich, most of
us have it."
"Nobody is rich enough to
buy back his past."
"Learn to know and
appreciate the importance
of others who touch your
life. It will help you
touch other lives in
meaningful ways."
"Tact is the ability to
make a person see the
lightning without hitting
him with the bolt."
"This present world is the
world of the dying. The
next world is the home of
the living."
- via The
Encourager, the
weekly bulletin for the
Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola,
IL. Gerald Cowan
serves the congregation
as minister. He
may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
"Hide not your talents,
for use they were made;
what's a sun dial in the
shade?" (Ben
Franklin)
Living on earth is
expensive, but it does
include a trip around the
sun every day.
"Speak well of your
enemies….after all, you
made them."
“Unless you can create the
whole universe in 6 days,
then perhaps giving advice
to God isn’t such a good
idea.”
"Happiness is a perfume
you can't pour on others
without getting some on
yourself."
-
via THE SOWER,
a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of
Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as
minister and editor, may
be contacted through the
congregation's website: http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Temper
gets most of us in
trouble, and pride keeps
us there.
- Taken from Bulletin
Digest; via The Central
Message, the
weekly bulletin of the
Central church of Christ
in Paducah KY. Jim
Faughn serves as an
elder and preacher for
the congregation.
He may be contacted
through the
congregation's website
at: http://www.centralchurchofchrist.org
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Vol
11
#2
Apr
2011 |
"Love
is simply using one's
God-given power of choice
to say or do that which is
in the best interest and
for the best good of
another person, regardless
of feeling." (Unknown)
“Do not attempt to do a
thing unless you are sure
of yourself; but do not
relinquish it simply
because someone else is
not sure of you.”
(Stewart E. White)
"It is the law of our
humanity that man must
know good through evil. No
great principle ever
triumphed but through much
evil. No man ever
progressed to greatness
and goodness but through
great mistakes."
(Frederick Robertson)
“If it falls your lot to
be a street sweeper, sweep
streets like Michelangelo
painted pictures, like
Shakespeare wrote poetry,
like Beethoven composed
music; sweep streets so
well that all the host of
Heaven and Earth will have
to pause and say, ‘Here
lived a great sweeper, who
swept his job well.’”
(Martin Luther King, Jr.)
"Every truth passes
through three stages
before it is
recognized. In the
first, it is
ridiculed. In the
second, it is opposed. In
the third, it is regarded
as self-evident." (A.
Schopenhaus)
"How far would Moses have
gone if he had taken a
poll in Egypt?" (Harry S.
Truman)
- via THE SOWER,
a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of
Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as
minister and editor, may
be contacted through the
congregation's website:
http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
"Few
things
are
harder to put up with than
the annoyance of a good
example." (Mark Twain)
"Fiction
is obliged to stick to
possibilities. Truth
isn't." (Mark Twain)
“God never gives us
discernment in order that
we may criticize, but that
we may intercede.”
(Oswald Chambers; from
Leadership Magazine)
"I have not lost my mind -
it's backed up on disk
somewhere." (Unknown)
" I would rather live my
life as if there is a God,
and die to find out there
isn't, than to live my
life as if there isn't,
and die to find out there
is." (Unknown)
"Life's greatest happiness
is to be convinced we are
loved." (Victor Hugo, Les
Miserables, 1862)
"It is easier to forgive
an enemy than to forgive a
friend." (William Blake)
"It pays to use words of
good taste. You
might have to eat them!"
(Unknown)
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Vol
11
#3
May
2011 |
"Love
is more easily
demonstrated than
defined."
"One of the tragedies of
life is that love is
defined by those who have
never experienced much of
it."
"Those who deserve love
least are often the ones
who need it most."
"Love at first sight is
often cured by second
sight."
"They say love quickens
all the senses – but it
certainly seems to dull
common sense."
"The love of God cannot be
earned but it can be
spurned."
"One who loves only
himself is the poorest of
all people."
"Humility is the ability
to give thanks when eating
crow."
"If
you
have
wept genuine tears over
another’s pain, misery and
frustration, you may be
surprised to find that
when happiness comes to
that person it also comes
to you."
"It's true that we don't
know what we've got until
it's gone, but it's also
true that we often don't
know what we've been
missing until it arrives."
"Make allowances for some
people and you may have to
support them forever."
"Silence cannot be
misquoted."
"When you have struggled
to find solutions to
another’s problems, you
may be surprised to learn
how the solution helps you
too."
"Always try to put
yourself in the other
person’s shoes. If you
feel that it hurts you, it
probably hurts the other
person, too."
"If you want others to
take the right road you
must take it yourself."
"Necessity may be the
mother of invention, but
frustration is often the
father of success."
- via The
Encourager, the
weekly bulletin for the
Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola,
IL. Gerald Cowan
serves the congregation
as minister. He
may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
“Our greatest glory is not
in never falling, but in
rising every time we
fall.” (Oliver Goldsmith)
“Patience is a quality
most needed when it is
exhausted.
- via THE SOWER,
a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of
Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as
minister and editor, may
be contacted through the
congregation's website:
http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
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Vol
11
#4
Jun
2011 |
“If
I am killed, I can die but
once: but to live in
constant dread of it is to
die over and over again.”
(Abraham Lincoln)
“All of the flowers of all
of the tomorrows are in
the seeds of today.”
Jesus is the bread of
life, not the cake for
special occasions.
“NOTHING in this world can
take the place of
persistence. Talent
will not; nothing is more
common than unsuccessful
people 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. The
slogan ‘press on’ has
solved and always will
solve the problems of the
human race.” (Calvin
Coolidge)
WHOEVER will gossip TO you
will also gossip ABOUT
you.
- via THE SOWER,
a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of
Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as
minister and editor, may
be contacted through the
congregation's website:
http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Quotable Quote: “It
is impossible to underrate
human
intelligence--beginning
with one's own.” – Thomas
Adams
- via the Nile Street
Notes, the
weekly bulletin of the
Anna church of Christ in
Anna, IL; R. W.
McAlister preaches for
the congregation and may
be contacted through the
congregation's website:
http://www.annachurchofchrist.com/
A person’s character is
like a wood fence. It
cannot be strengthened
with whitewash.
He who runs from God in
the morning will probably
not be able to find Him
the rest of the day.
Human nature makes us able
to measure everybody but
ourselves.
God has not retained any
of us as lawyers, but He
does call us to be
witnesses, to tell others
of the good things He has
done.
Many a person who is proud
of his right to say what
he thinks wishes he had
the courage to do so. And
many a person who does say
what he thinks comes to
wish later on that he had
kept his mouth shut.
Never wrestle with a pig.
You will both get dirty,
but only the pig is likely
to enjoy it.
Never wrestle with a
skunk. You’ll smell bad
even if you win.
Nobody is saved by owning
a Bible he does not read,
or by reading a Bible he
does not obey.
When opportunity knocks,
don’t complain about the
noise.
Wild
oats takes something out
of the soil of one’s life
that no system of crop
rotation can ever put
back.
You can’t train a horse or
a child with shouts and
expect it to obey a
whisper.
- via The
Encourager, the
weekly bulletin for the
Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola,
IL. Gerald Cowan
serves the congregation
as minister. He
may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
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Vol
11
#5
Jul
2011 |
No
one ever got lost on a
straight and narrow road if
he stayed on it.
One who practices what he
preaches may have to put in
some overtime.
The road to success is
filled with women devotedly
pushing their husbands along
it.
- via
The Encourager, the weekly
bulletin for the Dongola
church of Christ, Dongola,
IL. Gerald Cowan
serves the congregation as
minister. He may be
contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
Not to have control over the
senses is like sailing in a
rudderless ship, bound to
break to pieces on coming in
contact with the very first
rock. (Mahatma Gandhi)
"Only those who will risk
going too far can possibly
find out how far one can
go." (T. S. Eliot)
- via
the Main Street Monitor,
the weekly bulletin of the
Main Street church of
Christ, Manchester, TN.
We won’t go far without
enthusiasm...
...but neither will we go
far if that’s all we have.
- via the weekly
bulletin of the Harrisburg
church of Christ in
Harrisburg, IL.
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Vol
11
#6
Aug
2011 |
Character
is determined by what you
stand for. Reputation is
made by what you fall for.
People may doubt what you
say but they will believe
what you do.
People who are afraid of
death are usually
uncertain about the life
they are living.
When you are on fire for
the Lord people will come
to see you burn.
There is a difference
between having something
to say and having to say
something.
- via The
Encourager, the
weekly bulletin for the
Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola,
IL. Gerald Cowan
serves the congregation
as minister. He
may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
It’s what you learn after
you know it all that
counts.
"Most of us get what we
deserve, but only the most
successful will admit it."
“DEATH and taxes are
inevitable, but death
doesn’t get worse every
time Congress is in
session.”
-
via THE SOWER,
a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of
Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as
minister and editor, may
be contacted through the
congregation's website: http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
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Vol
11
#7
Sept
2011
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It is confusing to give
good advice while setting
a bad example.
It is a terrible
condemnation of any
Christian that no one
would suspect him of it.
One is generally paid for
using brains, not just for
having them.
When life and
circumstances drive you to
your knees you are in a
perfect position to pray.
When you talk you can only
say something you already
know. But when you listen
you may learn what
somebody else knows,
something you do not know
yet.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly
bulletin for the Dongola
church of Christ,
Dongola, IL.
Gerald Cowan serves the
congregation as
minister. He may
be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
"What is food to one man
is bitter poison to
others." (Lucretius)
It seems in our society
that the Lord's name can
only be used in public for
cursing and vulgarity.
"We come and go just like
ripples in a stream."
(John V. Politis)
"The tragedy of life is
what dies in the hearts
and souls of people while
they live. " (Albert
Einstein)
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Vol
11
#8
Oct
2011 |
"You
may never know what
results come from your
action. But if you
do nothing, there will be
no result."
Mahatma Gandhi
When you give someone a
cup of milk don't skim it.
The successful man likes
to present himself as
self-made. A wise wife
simply smiles and lets it
go at that.
“Lord, when we are wrong
make us willing to change.
And when we are right,
make us easy to live
with.”
– Peter Marshall
A true friend is one who
can put his finger on your
fault without rubbing it
in.
Nothing ruins the truth
more than stretching it.
-
via The Encourager,
the weekly bulletin for
the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL.
Gerald Cowan serves the
congregation as
minister. He may be
contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
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Vol
11
#9
Nov
2011 |
"THE
STRENGTH or weakness of a
society depends more on
the level of its spiritual
life than on its level of
industrialization.
Neither a market economy
nor even general abundance
constitutes the crowning
achievement of human
life. If a nation's
spiritual energies have
been exhausted, it will
not be saved from collapse
by the most perfect
government structure or by
any industrial
development. A tree
with a rotten core cannot
stand." (Alexander
Solzhenitsyn)
Nice guys finish last, but
we get to sleep in. (Evan
Davis)
OPPORTUNITY: Out of
clutter, find
simplicity. From
discord find harmony.
In the middle of
difficulty lies
opportunity. (Author
unknown)
- via THE SOWER,
a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of
Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as
minister and editor, may
be contacted through the
congregation's website:
http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Eric Hoffer wrote, "The
fear of becoming a
'has-been' keeps some
people from becoming
anything."
"Wisdom does not show
itself so much in precept
as in life - in firmness
of mind and a mastery of
appetite. It teaches us to
do as well as to talk; and
to make our words and
actions all of a color."
(Seneca)
"When I tell the truth, it
is not for the sake of
convincing those who do
not know it, but for the
sake of defending those
that do." (William Blake)
There are painters who
transform the sun into a
yellow spot, but there are
others who, thanks to
their art and
intelligence, transform a
yellow spot into the sun.
(Pablo Picasso)
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Vol
11
#10
Dec
2011 |
Some
people are like
blisters. They don’t
show up until after the work
is done.
“Duty is ours. The
results belong to
God.” (John Adams)
You can’t change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the
future.
“THIS CIVILIZATION cannot
survive without the dynamic
of Christianity.”
(Gen. Douglas MacArthur)
“A nation can survive its
fools, and even the
ambitious. But it
cannot survive treason from
within. An enemy at
the gates is less
formidable, for he is known
and he carries his banners
openly. But the
traitor moves among those
with the gate freely, his
sly whispers rustling
through all the alleys heard
in the very halls of
government
itself.”
-- Cicero , 42 B.C.
“I BELIEVE IN CHRISTIANITY
as I believe that the sun
has risen: not only because
I see it, but because by it
I see everything
else.” (C. S. Lewis)
"Be thankful for what you
have before you get what you
deserve."
"Patience is the ability to
let your light shine before
your fuse blows."
“IF YOU WISH another to keep
your secret, first keep it
yourself.” - Latin
proverb
- via
THE SOWER, a weekly
publication of the Arthur
church of Christ, Arthur,
IL. Ron Bartanen, who
serves as minister and
editor, may be contacted
through the congregation's
website: http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Some people are born with a
grin. Others don’t acquire
it until they become
grandparents.
God is more interested in
making us what we ought to
be than in giving us what we
think we ought to have.
Character
is assessed by noting who
approves and supports one,
and who doesn’t – and why.
One minute of keeping your
mouth shut can be worth more
than an hour of explanation.
JOY: when J-esus O-ccupies
Y-ou
- via
The Encourager, the weekly
bulletin for the Dongola
church of Christ, Dongola,
IL. Gerald Cowan
serves the congregation as
minister. He may be
contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
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Vol
11
#11
Jan
2012 |
Cowboy
Wisdom: The best way to
double your money is to
fold it over and put it
back in your pocket
The body is the shell of
the soul, and dress the
husk of that shell; but
the husk often tells what
the kernel is.
There are not enough hours
in the day to get
everything done, but have
I gotten even one thing
done? Tomorrow I will work
on getting one thing done
and that is being a better
Christian than I was
today.
Change of self is needed
more often than a change
of scene.
Conscience is that still
small voice inside that
makes you feel smaller.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly
bulletin for the Dongola
church of Christ,
Dongola, IL.
Gerald Cowan serves the
congregation as
minister. He may
be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
When you were born, you
were crying and everyone
around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the
end, you're the one who is
smiling and everyone
around you is crying.
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Vol
11
#12
Feb
2012 |
"Under
conditions of tyranny it
is far easier to act than
to think." (Hanna Arendt,
1906 - 1975)
Noise proves nothing.
often a hen who has merely
laid an egg cackles as if
she had laid an asteroid.
(Mark Twain)
THREE OF THE MOST
OVER-WORKED LIES IN USE
TODAY:
(1) The check is in the
mail.
(2) My wife doesn't
understand me.
(3) I'm from the
government, and I am
here to help you.
Change of self is needed
more often than a change
of scene.
Conscience is that still
small voice inside that
makes you feel smaller.
-
via The Encourager,
the weekly bulletin for
the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL.
Gerald Cowan serves the
congregation as
minister. He may be
contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
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