"Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man."
-- C.S. Lewis
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MESSAGES FROM GOD
"Communicating with God is like listening to the radio; there is always something to hear, but we must turn it on."
- David Yount
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12 STEP PROGRAM
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
IDENTITY
"As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will remain filled with judgments, opinions, and condemnations."
- Henri Nouwen
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DO MORE
"Silence in the face of evil is evil itself. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."
-- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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PARENTS AS LEADERS
"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children."
-- Charles Swindoll
NO MAGIC WAND
"The only thing missing in any situation is that which you are not giving."
-- Marianne Williamson, author, speaker
TURNING POINTS
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road -- unless you fail to make the turn."
-- Unknown
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IGNORING GOD?
"One of the greatest threats to faith is busyness. It's jumping from one thing to another, and therefore never developing the prayerful/contemplative side of our lives sufficiently so that we might hear God."
-- Lou Nanni, VP University of Notre Dame
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THE HIGH ROAD
"Resentment is like taking a poison and waiting for the other person to die."
-- Malachy McCourt
MODEL FOR MARRIAGE
"The more you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes."
-- Amy Grant
WAITING FOR YOU TO ASK
"Of course God knows what we need, but it is slothful to leave the initiative to Him. We must knock at the door -- and often."
-- David Yount, author, columnist and former White House correspondent
WHO SURROUNDS YOU?
"The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. No man becomes great on his own. No woman becomes great on her own. The people around them help make them great."
-- Matthew Kelly, internationally acclaimed author and speaker