There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
JOSEPH JOUBERTThe acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you.
More Bob Jones, Sr. Quotes
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You’re like that fiery sunset that no one expects after a rainy day. It always makes your day brighter.
ANA SOULFUL -
All this happened, more or less.
KURT VONNEGUT -
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
JOHN MILTON -
I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?
ADAM ANT -
It’s something I’ve always kicked around, not doing the eBook but the Rich Man, Poor Man thing.
ADAM CAROLLA -
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
OPRAH WINFREY -
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
PHIL MCGRAW -
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
AL GORE -
I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
ARETHA FRANKLIN -
My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light, and I held firmly to what I felt was right.
BOB SEGER -
On Halloween, because we don’t celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.
SZA -
To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind.
EDMUND BURKE -
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
B. R. AMBEDKAR -
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
KOBE BRYANT -
If a novel is written in a certain language with certain characters from a particular community and the story is very good or illuminating, then that work is translated into the language of another community.
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