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Tag Archives: wisdom
If I Could Just Fix Everyone…
“To be good is noble, but to teach others to be good is nobler, and less trouble.” ~Mark Twain “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged humility, improvement, Mark Twain, Proverbs 11:2, Ralph Waldo Emerson, self, wisdom
21 Comments
He Made a Way
Part One Childlike is precisely what a child should be. It is, in fact, the highest estate to which a child can ascend. It signals a deep, implanted wisdom: “This is my Parent who understands what I do not, and … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged childlike, Easter, Genesis 3:5, God, love, wisdom
14 Comments
Ugly?
“He’s not ugly. You’re just looking with ugly eyes.” ~4 1/2 year old daughter of a friend May we learn to see with beautiful eyes. Today and always.
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged child, forgiveness, innocense, kindness, truth, ugly, wisdom
16 Comments
Fools
“I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “To avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Alice Walker, Einstein, foolish, maturity, truth, wisdom
27 Comments
The Wishing Map 94
Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack was stunned to discover that the terrifying apparition who’d halted the naims’ civil…
Posted in Books, Humor, Story Power, The Wishing Map
Tagged death, forgiveness, funny, truth, war, wisdom
1 Comment
How Blessed…
“How blessed are those who ignore the advice of the corrupt, who resist the companionship of the wicked, who refuse to become jaded toward others; who delight instead in the teachings of the LORD and in meditating upon His truths … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged autumn, beauty, fall, Psalm 1:1-2, trees, truth, wisdom
21 Comments
Stay Young
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~Confucius “He’s not ugly, you’re just looking with ugly eyes.” ~Friend’s daughter, age 4 “I knew who I was this morning, but I’ve changed a few times since then.” ~Alice in Wonderland … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Mitchellaneous, Quips and Quotes
Tagged beauty, children, Confucius, Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, truth, wisdom
16 Comments