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You wake in the morning and look over at your desk. There it is. It’s a bright pink and you know what’s on it. It’s sitting on top of the box you used to clean out your desk. That was a month ago, but the pain is just as fresh as if it had happened five minutes earlier. Beside the box is your Bible.…

SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN LEARN THE POWER OF ACTION VERY QUICKLY. AND MOST OF THEM USE SOME TECHNIQUE TO FORCE YOU INTO MAKING A DECISION AND TAKING ACTION. I WAS AMUSED THIS WEEK WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE COPIER MAN OUT HERE. OUR LEASE ON OUR COPIER WAS UP AND OF COURSE THE SALESMAN WAS OFFERING US THE…

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done. - Cullen Hightower, “Quotable Quotes” Reader’s Digest, March 1998, page 49

Your “I will” is a lot more important than your IQ.

There's a story about a farmer who was visited by a couple of young, energetic evangelists. They knocked on his door and asked if he 'was saved.' The farmer left the two at the door and went into his farmhouse for a pencil and a pad of paper. Coming back to the two evangelists, he gave them a list of…

DELIVER THE GOODS There's a man in the world who is never turned down, Wherever he chances to stray; He gets the glad hand in the populous town, Or out where the farmers make hay; He's greeted with pleasure on deserts of sand, And deep in the aisles of the woods; Wherever he goes there's a welcoming…

I asked “Why doesn’t somebody do something.” Then realized I was somebody.

Use what talents you have. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those which sang the best. Speakers Sourcebook; Eleanor Doan, page 244

Even if you are on the right track you will get run over if you just sit there. Speakers Sourcebook; Eleanor Doan, page 132

We are all manufactures – some make good, others make trouble and still others make excuses.

A bell is not a bell until it is rung. Lifetime speakers Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob Braude, page 7

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. -Dr. Samuel Johnson Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob M. Braude, page 8.

While Averill Harriman, former governor of New York, was serving in a diplomatic position he was asked about the fluency of his French. Mr. Harriman replied, “It is excellent, except for the verbs.” In like manner, in the church today the nouns (Lord’s supper, baptism, etc.) are all right; however, we…

You know any fool can stay up all night, but it takes a strong man to get up in the morning. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M. Braude, page 769

One of my favorite D.L. Moody stories illustrates this point. Attending a convention in Indianapolis, Mr. Moody asked singer Ira Sankey to meet him at 6 o’clock one evening at a certain street corner. When Sankey arrived, Mr. Moody put him on a box and asked him to sing, and it was not long before a…

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion. Reader’s Digest, February 1974, page 86

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt. - N. MacDonald Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob Braude, page 1

The reason most people won’t stand up and be counted is not that they’re afraid to stand up – they’re just too lazy. 1800 Quippable Quips, E. C. McKenzie, page 37

Using Christian terminology means nothing if one is not a Christian. Having a case of athlete’s foot doesn’t make you an athlete! Seasonings, Vance Havner, page 67

He who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his shirt. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 1, page 209

Sitting By The Fire An old man sat by the open fire And dreamed the years away. While outside in the battle of life Many perished in the toils of day. He never did any good, Nor did he ever do any wrong; He just sat by the open fire And dreamed the whole day long. Now he’s left a vacant chair, And they…

There is no time to waste on meetings where a comfortable congregation seems to say after the sermon “I move that we accept this as information and be dismissed.” Threescore and Ten, Vance,Havner, page 78

Charles L. Allen contrasts “will Power” with “won’t power.” “Won’t power” is simply will power in reverse” says he. “And it is easier for us to drift backward than to push forward.” The Journal of Religious Speaking, page 66

I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something that I can do. – Edward Everett Hale Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia, Jacob M. Braude, page 9

The world is full of willing people. Some are willing to work. Others are willing to let them. Wish I'd Said That, Cleon Lyles, page 21