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E-Clips . . . quotes gathered through
three decades of Kris’ reading and study
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Last updated 7/25/10
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KINDNESS
You have to be little to belittle
What a funny bunch we Christians are – we hug each other then we bug each other. We need each other then we needle each other
When the East Berliners flew over and dumped a load of trash on West Berlin, the west flew back with a load of canned goods and dumped it on East Berlin with a sign that said – “Each gives what each has to give”
It is possible to always say something positive to everybody about everything all the time – if you want to and decide to
A kind leader can step on your toes without messing up your shine
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them – Ben Franklin
One’s disposition is more important than one’s position
Hurt people hurt people
Everyone wears a sign that says “Make me feel important”
2 billion people go to bed every night hungry for food, but 5.5 billion go to bed hungry for appreciation – Zig Ziglar
People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you make them feel – Carol Buchner
Our factions speak louder than our words
Our world’s biggest problem is not Global Warming but is Global Cooling – “because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold” (Mat 24:12) – John Maxwell
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is like the difference between the lightning and the lightning bug – Mark Twain
Some people treat everyone equal – they don’t like anybody!
I hate to quote Jerry Springer but I will. He suggests – “Don’t judge a man till you’ve walked a mile in his high heels”
If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again – William Penn
Let’s deal with others using a chisel, not a ball bat!
You can’t act like a skunk without someone catching wind of it!
I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again – William Penn
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle – Plato
More doors are opened with "please" than with keys
I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not better off for it – Abraham Lincoln
John sat on one side of Jesus, Judas on the other, yet He treated them both exactly the same
A mudslinger never has clean hands
The kindest word is an unkind word unsaid - Mike Murdock
KINGDOM
God put Adam into the kingdom then put the kingdom into Adam
God’s workman may die but His work goes on
Just like the ocean, each spiritual wave in the Kingdom is stronger than the wave before
Sometimes the tares make better looking wheat than the wheat does, but they don’t make very good bread – Jack Hyles
In Rome the Christians underground eventually upset and overcame the Caesars above ground. The catacombs eventually defeated the coliseums
Then it was the Church converting the world – now it is the world perverting the Church
Back then the Church was amazing – now the Church is amusing
We are not be trendists but transformists
Either the Church goes out and fills the world or the world comes in and fills the Church
Jesus gave the keys to the Kingdom to the disciples because of what they would become not because of what they were. I wouldn’t have given them the keys to the doghouse. One was a thief, another a cusser, two were full of pride, still another was a doubter, et” – John Davis
This is the outpouring before the appearing
Our successes should be building blocks to build the Kingdom on, not pedestals to rest on
We’re to bring men into the kingdom and bring the kingdom into men
KNOWLEDGE
Some people drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle – Grant Bryant
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious – Albert Schweitzer
If Paul only knew “a part” then we only know part of part of the part – Keith Moore
Those that have something you don’t have know something you don’t know – Mike Murdock
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder – Huston Smith
It's important to know what's important to know
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