I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be the ...best. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... the next war will be a war in which people not armies will suffer, and our boasted, hard-earned civilization will do us no goo...d. Cannot the women rise to this great opportunity and work now, and not have the double horror, if another war comes, of losing their loved ones, and knowing that they lifted no finger when they might have worked hard?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Shame, shame, shame. How many times have I told you not to be frightened? Have I not told you God looks after all his children?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall touch you. In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from ...the power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the wild animals of the earth. For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild animals shall be at peace with you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished th...an you has been invited by your host...But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss becau...se of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When the boat comes to the bridge, it will go through; when the cart gets to the mountains, there will be a way to get over them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... life cannot be administered by definite rules and regulations; that wisdom to deal with a man's difficulties comes only throug...h some knowledge of his life and habits as a whole ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To recover a buried treasure without having it disappear miraculously in the process, one must be entitled to it, and also be will...ing--really willing deep in his heart--to share it with the poor and helpless. Buried money, especially silver, gives off a bright glow which comes right up through the earth and can be seen as a dim light on nights when the weather is misty or there is a gentle rain.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »