WORDS OF WISDOM

"So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; — Proverbs 2:2

ABILITY

"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:" — 2 Corinthians 9:8

"Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God." — John Wycliffe (Called the "Morning Star of the Reformation")

"Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship." — Thomas Fuller ( English churchman and historian 1608-1661)

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ACCOMPLISHMENT

"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." — Ecclesiastes 9:10

"Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement." — W. Clement Stone (Success book author)

"Success . . . seems to be connected with action. Sucessful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." — Conrad Hilton (1877-1979 Founded Hilton Hotel chain)

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." — Henry Ford

"My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind." — Michael Jordan

"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:" — Proverbs 23:7

" He who has begun, has the work half done." — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.)

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, then starting on the first one." — Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) American Author

"The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do." — Henry Ford

"There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying." — George S. Patton

"The beginning is the most important part of the work. " — Plato

"The hard is what makes it GREAT! " — John Naber (1976 Four Olympic Gold Medal winner in Swimming )

"The starting point of all achievement is desire." — Napoleon Hill

"I started reading about people of great accomplishment ... and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you." — Dr. Ben Carson

"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that EVERY ONE may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." — 2 Corinthians 5:10

"Perfectionism spells paralysis." — Winston Churchill

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." — Henry Ford

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. " — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"Above all, try something " — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." — Bruce Lee

"Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought." — Alexander Graham Bell - 1847-1922 (Inventor of the telephone)

"I start where the last man left off." — Thomas A. Edison

"Take calculated risks." — George S. Patton

"There is joy in work... There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something." — Henry Ford

"Inspiration is ninety-eight percent perspiration." — Thomas A. Edison

"You don't wait for inspiration, you go out and hurt for it with a club." — Jack London

"Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else." — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat." — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"To reach a port we must set sail" — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want." — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan." — Tom Landry

"The best thing about a thing well done is to have done it." — Bartlett's

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." — George S. Patton

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." — Theodore Roosevelt

"Action is eloquence." — William Shakespeare

"Then said she, 'Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man [Boaz] will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.' " — Ruth 3:18

" I hate a thing done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly; it it be wrong, leave it undone." — Gilpin

" Trust in thine own untried capacity — Some feet ill tread all heights now unattained — Why not thine on? — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"The way we do things is to begin." — Horace Greely (Newspaper editor, publisher and founder of the New York Tribune 1811-1872)

"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." — Ecclesiastes 9:10

"The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal." — Menander (Greek Dramatist 342-290 B.C.)

"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. " — Thomas A. Edison

" Divide your movement into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again." — Peter Nivio Zarlenga

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine." — John C. Maxwell

"Many politicians are in habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim." — Abraham Lincoln

"I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." — Philippians 4:13 (NAS)

"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things." — Edmund Hillary (On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.)

"If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success." — John D. Rockefeller

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." — John D. Rockefeller

"A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself." — Alexander Graham Bell - 1847-1922 (Inventor of the telephone)

"There is a way to do it better ... find it! " — Thomas A. Edison

"He that is overcautious will accomplish little." — Schiller (From William Tell)

"Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal" — Victor Frankel ( 1902- 1997 Psychiatrist, writer, concentration camp survivor)

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." — John Wooden" ( Considered by many to be the greatest college basketball coach ever. 1910-2010)

"When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve." — Napoleon Hill

"Pogress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily." — Epictetus (Greek philosopher, former slave 50-135 AD)

"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well." — Theodore Roosevelt

"Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. " — Theodore Roosevelt

"Make a good use of the present. " — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.

"If you don't know what to do, don't do anything." — Desi Arnaz

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along." — Napolean Hill

"Don't think, just do." — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.)

"Begin, be bold and venture to be wise." — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.)

"All things are difficult before they are easy." — Thomas Fuller (English churchman and historian 1608-1661)

"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it." — Alexander Graham Bell - 1847-1922 (Inventor of the telephone)

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment" — Jim Rohn

"I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better." — Maya Angeloun (Poet 1928-2014)

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." — John F. Kennedy

"We choose to go the moon in this decade and do other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." — John F. Kennedy

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising after you fall." — Vince Lombardi

"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it." — Margaret Thatcher

" To do nothing is the way to be nothing." — Nathaniel Hawthorne (Novelist 1804-1864)

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ACTION

"What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?" — James 2:14

"It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through." — Zig Ziglar

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."— Thomas Jefferson

"Either you run the day or the day runs you." — Jim Rohn

"Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned." — Peter Marshall

"Prayer is where the action is." — John Wesley Clergyman 1703-1791)

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The path to success is to take massive, determined action." — Tony Robbins

"The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it." — John C. Maxwell

"Action is the real measure of intelligence." — Napolean Hill

"You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals." — Booker T. Washington

"The shortest answer is doing the thing." — Ernest Hemingway

" To do nothing is the way to be nothing." — Nathaniel Hawthorne (Novelist 1804-1864)

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ADVERSITY

"If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small."— Proverbs 24:10

" The North Wind made the Vikings!" — From the Scandinavian

"If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountaintop." — Roy Rogers

"Life is getting up one more time than you've been knocked down." — John Wayne

"To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage." — W. Clement Stone (Success book author)

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." — Theodore Roosevelt

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." — George S. Patton

"When you're going through hell, keep going." — Winston Churchill

"Take things always by their smooth handle." — Thomas Jefferson (One of his "Ten Rules for Life".)

( In other words, there is usually a easier, more efficient way of doing things that are difficult — use your head and take the easier and more efficient way.)

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." — Romans 8:28

"The wind in ones face makes one wise." — George Herbert

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.)

"We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds." — Aristotle Onassis (Greek Shipping Magnate 1906-1975)

"Storms make oaks take deeper root." — George Herbert

"All sunshine makes the desert." — Arab Proverb

"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them." — Publius Syrus

"Calm seas never made a good sailor" — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it." — Vince Lombardi

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." — Ernest Hemingway

"The most generous vine, if not pruned, runs out into many superfluous stems and grows at last weak and fruitless: so doth the best man if he be not cut short in his desires, and pruned with afflictions." — Joseph Hall (English Bishop 1574 - 1656)

"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive." — Lee Iacocca

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." — Peter Marshall

"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive." — Lee Iacocca

"An grindstone that has no grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax. And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man? — Henry Ward Beecher Clergyman 1813-1887)

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body." — Seneca

"It takes both rain and sunshine to make a desert. "— Apples of Gold

"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character." — Arnold Schwarzenegger

" Adversity is the diamond dust heaven polishes it's jewels with." — Leighton

"It's that 'daily grind' that gives us polish!" — Pastor Phill

"It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened." — Sir Philip Sidney — Gallant English soldier 1554-1886

(The above analogy is taken from the practice of loading Psalm trees with weights so they will grow straighter.)

"The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances." — Anon

" A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man; kites rise against and not with the wind." — Gems of Thought

"You learn to know a pilot in a storm." — Seneca

"The boy who is going to make a great man...must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats." — Theodore Roosevelt

"He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity." — Ben Jonson (English Playwright 1572-1637)

"The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude." — Francis Bacon (English Philosopher 1561-1626)

"Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I know something of the conflict, but I ought not to faint, because I can pray." — G. Campbell Morgan 1863-1945 (British preacher and Bible teacher)

"Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve." — Leonardo de Vinci

"It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle." — Golda Meir ( 1898-1978, former Prime Minister of Israel)

"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity." — Seneca

"When you come against trouble, it's never half as bad if you face up to it." — John Wayne

"A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for." — Albert Einstein

"You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity." — Golda Meir ( 1898-1978, former Prime Minister of Israel)

"Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice." — Zig Ziglar

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests." — Epictetus (Greek philosopher, former slave 50-135 AD)

"Everyone's life is a warfare, and that long and various." #8212;& Epictetus (Greek philosopher, former slave 50-135 AD)

" Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it " — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.)

"We acheive to the degree that we overcome the negative. Achievers pay the price of achievement. They sacrifice, struggle, work on, perhaps alone, weary and discouraged, and yet at each step overcome the negative. Overcoming the negative is the price of achievement #8212;& the price of greatness. " — Wynn Davis from The Best of SUCCESS

"There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can." — Henry Ford

" Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. " — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.)

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." — Horace (Roman poet, 65-8 B.C.)

"Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action." — Brian Tracy

"All things are difficult before they are easy." — Thomas Fuller (English churchman and historian 1608-1661)

"Life is playing a poor hand well. The greatest battle you wage against failure occurs on the inside, not the outside." — John C. Maxwell

"Embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward" — John C. Maxwell

"The start is what stops most people." ̵ Don Shula (Football Coach)

"It requires more courage to suffer than to die." — Napoleon

"Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind." — Aristotle

"Most obstacles fade away when we make up out mind to walk boldly through them." — Orson Swett Marden

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising after you fall." — Vince Lombardi

"There is no success without hardship." ̵ Sophocles (Greek Poet Greek Poet 496 BC-406 BC)

"Everything has two handles, one by which it can be borne; another by which it cannot." — Epictetus(Greek philosopher, former slave 50-135 AD)

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AMERICA

"I have always believed that this anointed land was set apart in an uncommon way, that a DIVINE PLAN placed this great continent here BETWEEN THE OCEANS to be found by people from every corner of the Earth who had a special love of faith and freedom." — Ronald Reagan — Thanksgiving Day 1982

"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." — George Washington

"We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand, which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us." — Abraham Lincoln

"Inside the Bible's pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible." — Ronald Reagan

"The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." — Abraham Lincoln

"The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained." — George Washington

"Each day millions of our citizens approach our Maker on bended knee, seeking His grace and giving thanks for the many blessings He bestows upon us." — George W Bush

"If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." — Ronald Reagan

"We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank God." — George H. W. Bush

"The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." — John F. Kennedy

"Finally, it is my most fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now stand, and who has kept us in His hands from the infancy of our Republic unto the present day, that He will so overrule all my intentions and actions and inspire the hearts of my fellow-citizens that we may be preserved from dangers of all kinds and continue forever a united and happy people." — Andrew Jackson

"Our political way of life is by the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, and of course presupposes the existence of God, the moral ruler of the universe, and a rule of right and wrong, of just and unjust, binding upon man, preceding all institutions of human society and government." — John Quincy Adams

"I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again. " — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. Throughout the centuries, men of many faiths and diverse origins have found in the Sacred Book words of wisdom, counsel, and inspiration. It is a fountain of strength...an aid in attaining the highest aspiration of the human soul." — Franklin D. Roosevelt — These words were written inside Bibles issued to soldiers during World War II.

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are a gift of God... I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice and cannot sleep forever." — Thomas Jefferson

"Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens." — Daniel Webster

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow." — Thomas Paine (1737-1809 - Authored book Common Sense)

"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water." — Jeremiah 2:13

No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is any problem in the world today — social, political, or economic — that would not find happy solution if approached in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount." — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly implore His protection and favor." — George Washington

"I have always said and always will say that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume [Bible] will make us better citizens." — Thomas Jefferson

"For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity, the establishment of schools and hospitals, and the abolition of slavery." — Ronald Reagan

" Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country, providing them with the strength, character, convictions, and faith necessary to withstand great hardship and danger in this new and rugged land. These shared beliefs helped forge a sense of common purpose among the widely dispersed colonies - a sense of community which laid the foundation for the spirit of nationhood that was to develop in later decades. — Ronald Reagan "

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ANGELS

"But to which of the angels said He at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" — Hebrews 1:13-14

" The good Lord forgive me that I suffered much to His Divine Presence, the presence of His holy angels. It is, I confess, my great sin that I have filled mine eyes with other objects, and have been slack in returning praises to God , for the continual assistance of those blessed and beneficent spirits. Oh, that the dust and clay were washed out of my eyes, that I might behold together with the presence, the numbers, the beauties and excellencies of those my ever present guardians. — Bishop Hall

"Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us." — Thomas Paine (1737-1809 - Authored book Common Sense)

"Let no preacher in a little church think that he has no audience for his message. An unseen audience of multitudes compass him about! Let no Christian who sins in the dark think that he is unobserved. He is compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses! Assuredly in Heaven they know what goes on on earth. —John R. Rice (Minister, writer 1895-1980)

"Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into." —1 Peter 1:12

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels," — Hebrews 12:22

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ANGER

"But now ye also put off all these; ANGER, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth." Colossians 3:8

" A LITTLE pot boils easily." — Dutch Proverb

"He that is SLOW TO ANGER is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." — Proverbs 16:32

"A man is about as big as the things that make him angry." — Winston Churchill

"It is essential ... that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles, for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such rules and principles, there will be numberless occasions on which you will have no guide for your government but your passions..It is in the Bible, you must learn them, and from the Bible how to practice them." — John Quincy Adams

"Anger is just one letter short of danger." — Pastor Phill

"Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth." — Cato the Elder (Greek Historian 234-145 B.C.)

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay." — Seneca

"Get mad, then get over it." — Colin Powell- Former U.S Secretary of State "

"Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong." — Baltasar Gracian

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ATTITUDE

"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:" — Proverbs 23:7

" Attitude is a LITTLE thing that makes a BIG difference!" — Pastor Phill

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes." — William James (1842-1910)

"My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind." — Michael Jordan

"There is ONE THING over which each person has absolute inherent control, and that is his MENTAL ATTITUDE." — W. Clement Stone (Success book author)

"He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls." — Proverbs 25:28

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force." — Irving Berlin (Composer)

"A happy person is not a person is a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." — Hugh Downs (Television, news Anchor)

"Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." — Philippians 4:11

"You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you." — John C. Maxwell

"The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances." — Victor Frankel ( 1902- 1997 Psychiatrist, writer, concentration camp survivor)

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Chuck Swindoll

"It's what you think that makes the world seem sad or gay to you. Your mind may make all things grey, or make them radiant hue." — Grenville Kleiser

"But remember that the will is character in action. If we would create something, we must be something. That is character. Character is higher than intellect. Character is the direct result of mental attitude. A man cannot dream himself into character. He must hammer and forge on for himself. He cannot copy someone else's qualities, he must develop his own character qualities to fit his personality. " — Vince Lombardi

"We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice." — John C. Maxwell

"When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves." — Victor Frankel ( 1902- 1997 Psychiatrist, writer, concentration camp survivor)

" "Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits." — Fulton J. Sheen

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." — Epictetus (Greek philosopher, former slave 50-135 AD)

"Outer changes always begin with an inner change of attitude." — Albert Einstein

"The Art of Success.... Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm. . . . Success is having the courage to meet failure without being defeated. It is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long-range goal.... Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life." — Wilferd Peterson

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens." — Epictetus (Greek philosopher, former slave 50-135 AD)

"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up." — John C. Maxwell

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." — Victor Frankel ( 1902- 1997 Psychiatrist, writer, concentration camp survivor)

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them." — Epictetus (Greek philosopher, former slave 50-135 AD)

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BIBLE

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." — 2 Timothy 2:15

"Feelings come, and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing." — Martin Luther

"Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves." — William Gurnall (Author of The Christian in Complete Armour — 1600's)

"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." — Acts 17:11

"A single line in the Bible has consoled me more than all the books I ever read besides." Immanuel Kant —( German Philosopher 1724-1804)

"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and COMFORT OF THE SCRIPTURES the scriptures might have hope." — Romans 15:4

"I prayed for faith and thought that some day faith would come down and strike me like lightning. But faith did not seem to come. One day I read in the tenth chapter of Romans, 'Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.' I had up to this time closed my Bible and prayed for faith. I now opened my Bible and began to study, and faith has been growing ever since." — Dwight L. Moody

"The Bible ...shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant could drown," — Matthew Henry

"The best law for Bible study is the law of perseverance." — Dwight L. Moody

"When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to me; and it is really more important that God should speak to me than that I should speak to Him I believe we should know better how to pray if we knew our Bibles better. What is an army good for if they don't know how to use their weapons?" — Dwight L. Moody

"For nothing ought to be posited ([assumed as true] without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture." — William of Okham (1287 - 1347-Franciscan Theologian)

"There is no business, no avocation whatever, which will not permit a man, who had the inclination, to give a time, every day to study." — Daniel Wyttenbach (German Swiss Theologian 1746-1829)

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."— Acts 17:11

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." — Romans 10:17

" Faith needs her daily bread." Dinah Maria Craik (1826-1887)

"If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained." — 1 Timothy 4:6

"It is the simple truth to say that the New Testament books became canonical because no one could stop them doing so." — William Barclay (Theologian and Writer)

"The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt PRESERVE them from this generation for ever. Psalm 12:6-7

"Now what is food for the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God; and here again, not the simple reading of the Word of God, so that it only passes through our minds, just as water passes through a pipe, but considering what we read, pondering it over and applying it to our hearts." — George Mueller

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,nor standeth in the way of sinners,nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.But his delight is in the law of the Lord;and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;his leaf also shall not wither;and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." — Psalms 1:1-3

"How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" — Psalm 119:103

"The Scriptures explain themselves." (His last words before dying)" — Arthur W. Pink (Bible Commentator 1986-1952)

"An English professor in the 1920's began his course by stating, "The three greatest creations in English are the the King James Version of the Holy Scriptures, the works of William Shakespeare and the Book of Common Prayer. Of these, the King James Bible has had the most enduring influence over the centuries and in the present." — Reader's Digest Success With Words (1983)

"Triumphant prayer is almost impossible where there is neglect of the study of the Word of God." — R. A. Torrey

"I believe that in the end the truth will conquer." — John Wycliffe

What we need as Christians is to be able to feed ourselves. How many there are who sit helpless and listless, with open mouths, hungry for spiritual things, and the minister has to try to feed them, while the Bible is a feast prepared, into which they never venture" — Dwight L. Moody

"The best law for Bible study is the law of perseverance." — Dwight L. Moody

"To read the Bible is to take a trip to a fair land where the spirit is strenghtened and faith renewed." — Dwight Eisenhower (34th President of United States) .

"Read the Bible, and read it again, and do not despair of help to understand something of the will and mind of God, though you think they are fast locked up from you. Neither trouble yourself, though you may not have commentaries and expositions; pray and read, and read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from man." John Bunyan — (Puritan writer)

There is misinformation being circulated about the King James Bible, wrongly stating it was based upon the Codex Vaticanus. The Greek text of the KJV Bible was based upon the Textus Receptus text. The Textus Receptus (Latin for "Received Text") is a Greek New Testament that provided the textual base for the vernacular translations of the Reformation Period. It was NOT translated from the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, that many of the newer Bibles such as the New International or New American Standard versions are based upon. I will have more to say about this in the future. Suffice it to say that many believe the Textus Receptus ; though it is an newer text than the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, does not mean it is an inferior text. The belief is that the superior texts, such as the Textus Receptus, survived the test of time and inferior ones were rejected. We will discuss more of this later on in articles to come. — Phill Dunagan

"Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles." — John Wycliffe (Made first translation of the Latin Vulgate into Middle English in the year 1382, now known as Wycliffe's Bible. Before that, the complete Bible was only read by those who understood Latin; chiefly the Roman Clergy)

"Bible Study is like eating peanuts. The more you eat, the more you want to eat!" — Paul Little

"Each morning when I went downstairs to breakfast, my father — a busy missionary surgeon — would be sitting reading his Bible. At night, her work behind her, my mother would be doing the same. Anything that could capture the interest and devotion of those I admired and loved the most, I reasoned, must be worth investigating. So at an early age I began reading my Bible and found it to be, in the words of the old Scotsman, "sweet pasturage". — Ruth Bell Graham

"If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, NOURISHED up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained." — 1 Timothy 4:6

"Say not: 'When I have free time I shall study', for you may perhaps never have any free time." — Hillel the Elder (110 BCE - 10 CE)

" What you memorize of the Bible is a constant spur to memorize more. As you learn a passage word for word, new meanings constantly pour into your mind. You may have read a passage a hundred times, yet hidden truths come out crystal clear as memorization SPOTLIGHTS every sentence into importance." — Henry H. Halley ( From Halley's Bible Handbook)

"I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me." — William Tyndale

"But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." — Galatians 1:8

"The word of God STEADIES me. He says your trials and tribulations make you who you are. So you can see my whole story in the way I endured and overcame some testing experiences." — Evander Holyfield (Five time Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World)

"The book of books, the storehouse and magazine of life and comfort, the holy Scriptures." — George Herbert

"But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." — 1 Peter 5:10

"It is essential ... that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles, for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such rules and principles, there will be numberless occasions on which you will have no guide for your government but your passions..It is in the Bible, you must learn them, and from the Bible how to practice them." — John Quincy Adams

"We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that WE ARE LAZY." — R.C. Sproul

"Bibles laid open, millions of surprises." — George Herbert

"Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears. " — R. A. Torrey

"No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible." — John Quincy Adams

"The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible." — John Quincy Adams

"So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year." — John Quincy Adams

"My custom is to read four or five chapters of the Bible every morning immediately after rising. It seems to me the most suitable manner of beginning the day. It is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue." — John Quincy Adams

The Bible carries with it the history of the creation, the fall and redemption of man, and discloses to him, in the infant born at Bethlehem, the Legislator and Savior of the world." — John Quincy Adams

"I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again. " — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

"As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. Throughout the centuries, men of many faiths and diverse origins have found in the Sacred Book words of wisdom, counsel, and inspiration. It is a fountain of strength...an aid in attaining the highest aspiration of the human soul." — Franklin D. Roosevelt — These words were written inside Bibles issued to soldiers during World War II.

"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water." — Jeremiah 2:13

No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is any problem in the world today — social, political, or economic — that would not find happy solution if approached in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount." — Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of United States)

There is a record of a conversation between Daniel Webster and his illustrious companions. Webster was Secretary of State 1841-1843 and ran for President of the United States. Someone raised the question as to the finest and most beautiful passage in the Bible. One argued for the creation story, one for the Sermon on the Mount, a third for the description of the redeemed in Revelation. Webster slowly quoted the exquisite words — "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." — Habakkuk 3:17-18

Here is a little poem I wanted to share with you that will help you in your Bible Study. You may want to write it somewhere in your Bible so that you will not lose it and you can share it with others." — Pastor Phill

The New Testament is in the Old Testament Contained

The Old Testament is in the New Testament Explained.

The New Testament is in the Old Testament Concealed

The Old Testament is in the New Testament Revealed

" Apply yourself wholly to the Scriptures, and apply the Scriptures wholly to yourself." — Johann A. Bengel ( 1687 - 1752 - Provided a German New Testament)

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." — 2 Timothy 3:16-17

"Some five hundred years ago in London a number of poor men were praying for liberty to read the Bible. On that spot where the prayer meeting was held stand the buildings of the Bible Society today." — A Naismith ( The first organization in Britain to be called "The Bible Society" was founded in 1779 ) .

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." — Psalms 12:6-7

"If we are to have revivals, we must revive our reverence of the Word of God." — Charles Spurgeon

"Inside the Bible's pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible." — Ronald Reagan

"I believe the chief reason I have been kept happy in useful service is that I have been a lover of Holy Scripture. It has been my habit to read through the Bible four times a year; in a prayerful spirit, to apply it to my heart and practice what I find there. I have been for sixty years a happy man." — George Meuller

"Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart." — Psalm 119:111

"Go to the Bible for your protection, correction and direction!" — Pastor Phill

"The Bible's treasures are found for those who dig for them!" — Pastor Phill

"My son, if thou wilt receive my words,and hide my commandments with thee;so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge,and liftest up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." — Proverbs 2:1-5

" The study of God's Word, for the purpose of discovering God's will, is the secret discipline which has formed the greatest characters." — James Waddel Alexander ( Presbyterian Minister 1804-1859)

"Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." — Ephesians 5:17

"The highest earthly enjoyments are but a shadow of the joy I find in reading God's Word." — Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) Known as the "Nine Days' Queen"

"Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart." —Psalm 119:111

"How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" — Psalm 119:103

"The Bible is the book we live by. Bible reading is the means by which we learn, and keep fresh in our minds, the ideas that mold our lives. Our lives are the product of our thoughts. To live right, we must think right. We must read the Bible frequently and regularly in our minds ; so that His thoughts become our thoughts; so that our ideas may become conformed to God's ideas; so that we my be transformed into God's own image and be made fit for eternal companionship with our Creator." — Henry H. Halley ( From Halley's Bible Handbook)

"But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." — Matthew 4:4

"If there be anything in the Church to which you belong which is contrary to the inspired Word, leave that Church!" — Charles Spurgeon

"The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith." — Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) Known as the "Nine Days Queen"

"If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; — Colossians 1:23

"I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church." — Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) Known as the "Nine Days Queen"

"For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word." — Isaiah 66:1-2

"I read the Bible to find out what is happening today." — Eli Wiesel (Writer of experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.)

"Nobody ever outgrows Scripture, the Book widens and deepens with the years" — Charles Spurgeon

"The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith." — Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) Known as the "Nine Days Queen"

"I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church." — Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) Known as the "Nine Days Queen"

"If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; — Colossians 1:23

"For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word." — Isaiah 66:1-2

"It is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall flow in inexhaustible streams. Through it, God will spread His Word. A spring of truth shall flow from it. Like a new star it shall scatter the darkness of ignorance, and cause a light heretofore unknown to shine amongst men. — Johannes Gutenberg — (Invented first Printing Press 1440. The "Gutenberg Bible" was the first major printing of a book. It was an edition of the Latin Vulgate distributed in 1450.

"In response to an atheist, I ask, ' Did you know that you are mentioned in the Bible?' Then I show them Psalms 14:1, 'The fool hath said in his heart there is not God.' — Charles Spurgeon

"The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." — Psalms 12:6-7

"Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there." — Adam Clarke

"A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to a person who isn't." — The Country Parson

"I never saw a fruit-bearing Christian who was not a student of the Bible" — Dwight L. Moody

"For when it pleased the Lord in Aug. 1829, to bring me really to the Scriptures, my life and walk became very different. And though even since that I have very much fallen short of what I might and ought to be, yet, by the grace of God, I have been enabled to live much nearer to Him than before." — George Mueller

" For the last twenty years Rosalyn and I have read a portion of the Bible each night. When we're together, we alternate reading aloud, and when we're apart we enjoy knowing that we are contemplating the same text. We have been through the entire Bible several times in Spanish, to practice a foreign language as we nurture ourselves spiritually." — Jimmy Carter ( 39th President of the United States)

"Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine." — 1 Timothy 4:13

" I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than any other book." — Samuel Coleridge ( Theologian 1772-1834)

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." — Hebrews 4:12

"The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case." — Charles Spurgeon

"I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world." — John Quincy Adams

"I have always said and always will say that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume [Bible] will make us better citizens." — Benjamin Franklin

"The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians. 'You are the light of the world (Matthew 5:14).' " — Charles Spurgeon

"One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul." — John Flavel ( Puritan Clergyman 1627-1691)

"When we make a serious effort to study the Bible, we are essentially enrolling in the "University of Higher Learning." — Pastor Phill

"All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time". — John Ruskin

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." — 2 Timothy 3:16-17

"I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord. The first thing to be concerned about was not, how much I might serve the Lord, how I might glorify the Lord; but how I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner man may be nourished...I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it." — George Muller

"For a number of years I have now annually read through the Bible twice. If the Bible were a large, mighty tree and all its words were little branches I have tapped at all the branches, eager to know what was there and what it had to offer." — Martin Luther

" The Bible is a window in this prison world, through which we may gaze into eternity." — Timothy Dwight (Theologian 1752- 1817)

"The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray." — George Mueller

"I usually find that the greatest doubters are the people who do not read the Bible." — Charles Spurgeon

"Try to edge in a little walking, a little reading and some Bible Study every day!" — Pastor Phill

"The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. I solemnly state this from the experience of fifty four years.... I have read the Bible through one hundred times, and always with increasing delight. Each time it seems like a new book to me. Great has been the blessing from consecutive, diligent daily study. I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the word of God." — George Muller

"In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me strength and light." — Robert E. Lee

Charlie Hodge, Elvis' best friend recalled about Elvis Presley, "Shortly before Elvis died he brought me a list of books he wanted Larry to bring in from Hollywood. When we found him [after Elvis' death] the last book he read was Shroud of Turin,Italy. But always his favorite book ; the book he read more than any other book; he always had one beside him in every bed he slept in; whether in motel room, hotel room or his home; he had the BIBLE — the BIBLE was Elvis' favorite book!" — Charlie Hodge

"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." — Romans 15:4

"Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts." — Jerome

"The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests." — Andrew Jackson (Seventh President of the United States)

"Whosoever you are who introduce new doctrines, I beseech you to spare the ears of Romans! Spare that faith which was commended by the voice of an Apostle. Why should you attempt to teach us, at the end of hundreds of years, that which we never heard before? Why bring forward what Peter and Paul did not will to make known? Until this day, the world was Christian without your doctrine. Thus, I hold as an old man onto that faith wherein I was regenerated as a boy." — Jerome

"Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose and it will defend itself." — Charles Spurgeon

"They (scriptures) are not dead words; they are living creatures, and have hands and feet." — Martin Luther

"For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." — Hebrews 4:12 (NAS)

"The remedy for discouragement is the Word of God. When you feed your heart and mind with its truth, you regain your perspective and find renewed strength." — Warren W Wiersbe

"Don't say God is silent when your Bible has been closed! " — Charles Spurgeon

"I am ready to defend my convictions even unto death. I have followed the Sacred Scriptures and the holy doctors." — John Wycliffe

"The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible." — George Washington Carver

"But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hears, than the blessed continuance of the preaching of GOD'S SACRED WORD among us; which is that INESTIMABLE TREASURE WHICH EXCELLETH ALL THE RICHES OF THE EARTH. " — King James Version Bible Translators- in their preface to King James 1611.

"The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." — Psalms 119:72

"There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit." — Robert E. Lee

"There is no book that has had as much opposition as the Bible. Men have laughed at it, they have scorned it, they have ridiculed it, they have made laws against it." — Adrian Rogers

"The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation." — Dwight L. Moody

"To read the Bible is to travel to a far land where the spirit is refreshed and faith renewed." — Dwight Eisenhower ( 34th President of the United States)

"All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time". — John Ruskin

"Learn to use scripture so that you take home to yourself all of it's teaching, all it's precepts, all it's promises, all it's doctrines, for bread on the table does not nourish; it is the bread you eat that will really sustain you." — Charles Spurgeon

"The Scriptures sprang out of God." — William Tyndale

"The object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good." — Dwight L. Moody

"Christ desires his mysteries to be published abroad as widely as possible. I would that [the Gospels and the epistles of Paul] were translated into all languages, of all Christian people, and that they might be read and known." — William Tyndale

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education." — Theodore Roosevelt

"The Word of God represents all the possibilities of God as at the disposal of true prayer." — Arthur T. Pierson (Pastor and Writer 1837-1911)

"So few grow, because so few study." — Dwight L. Moody

"The BIBLE redirects my will, cleanses my emotions, enlightens my mind, and quickens my total being." — E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973 -Christian missionary)

"Printer's ink is the great apostle of progress, whose pulpit is the press." — Horace Greely (Newspaper editor, publisher and founder of the New York Tribune 1811-1872)

"Centuries earlier, Jerome had found in his Hebrew studies an escape from temptation." — Justo L. Gonzalez The Story of Christianity

"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." — Romans 12:21

"I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men." — George Whitefield (Methodist Evangelist 1714-1770)

"The truly wise man is he who believes the Bible against the opinions of any man. If the Bible says one thing, and any body of men says another, the wise man will decide, "This book is the Word of Him who cannot lie". — R. A. Torrey

"Read the Bible, my friends, as if you were seeking for something of value. It is a good deal better to take a single chapter, and spend a month on it, than to read the Bible at random for a month." — Dwight L. Moody