Author: Administrador

President Coolidge President Calvin Coolidge didn’t like to attend dinners, but he was prevailed upon to attend one function at which he was to be presented with a cane. The man making the presentation went on at great length and finished up by saying, “The mahogany from which this cane is fashioned is as solid … Continue reading “Correction”

Baby Book A young couple who had just witnessed a Bill Cosby performance went backstage hoping to get the comedian’s autograph in their newly born son’s baby book. An aide took the book to Cosby, and when it was returned the couple excitedly looked for his signature. They couldn’t find it, and they left the … Continue reading “Cosby, Bill”

Good Good counsel failing men can give, for why? He that’s aground knows where the shoal doth lie. B. Franklin

Square miles they conquered 1. Genghis Khan (1162–1227), 4,860,000 2. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) 2,180,000 3. Tamerlane (1336–1405), 2,145,000 4. Cyrus the Great (600-529 B.C.), 2,090,000 5. Attila (406–453), 1,450,000 6. Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), 1,370,000, all of which he lost in 3 years 7. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 720,000 8. Mahmud of Ghazni (971-1030) 680,000 … Continue reading “Conquerors”

Morally Handicapped The haunting story of fourteen-year-old Rod Matthews serves as a warning to a culture gone adrift. Rod was not interested in the things that normally interest teenagers. Neither sports nor books were enough to quench his insatiable boredom. Only one thing excited him: death. He spent hours watching the video Faces of Death, … Continue reading “Conscience”

False Testimony The great attorney, orator, and statesman Daniel Webster was such an imposing figure in court that he once stared a witness out of the courtroom. Apparently Webster knew the man was there to deliver false testimony, so he fixed his “dark, beetle-browed” eyes on the man and searched him. According to the story, … Continue reading “Conscience, guilty”

Salvation Army I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, even with greater opportunities, but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of what Jesus Christ could do with me … Continue reading “Consecration”

A Definition A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run. – Elbert Hubbard Source unknown

Face the Music When you buy something for a song, you may have to face the music later on. R. Cvikota, in the Wall Street Journal Acorns A pig ate his fill of acorns under an oak tree and then started to root around the tree. A crow remarked, “You should not do this. If … Continue reading “Consequences”

Marian Anderson Marian Anderson once performed at a concert in a small Nebraska college town. A student who was working her way through college was terribly disappointed when she could not get time off from her job at the local hotel desk to attend the concert. The great contralto was staying at the hotel, and … Continue reading “Consideration”