Sermons and Biblical Studies

You can have anything you want – if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. Abraham Lincoln

The things that will destroy America are peace at any price, prosperity at any cost, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and the getting-rich-quick theory of life. Theodore Roosevelt

Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. Thomas Jefferson

Mankind would lose half its wisdom built up over the centuries if it lost its great sayings. They contain the best parts of the best books. Thomas Jefferson Any reading is better than none, but I prefer the book of the century rather than the book of the week or any cheap novel. Better still … Continue reading “PROVERBS”

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. Jimmy Carter, quoting his high school teacher Julia Coleman

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. James Madison

You can’t divorce religious belief and public service … I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other. Jimmy Carter When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. Thomas Jefferson You can fool all the people some of … Continue reading “POLITICS”

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right – let us strive on to finish the work we are in. Abraham Lincoln

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful individuals with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge I am a slow walker, but … Continue reading “PERSEVERENCE”