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Spiritual Quotes

January 26th, 2025

1. A critical spirit is like poison ivy - it only takes a little contact to spread its poison - 2 Timothy 2:16 17a
2. A drowning man does not complain about the size of a life preserver. - Philippians 2:14
3. A man is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. - Proverbs 13:7
4. A man never discloses his character so clearly as when he describes another’s. - Matthew 12:35
5. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. - 2 Corinthians 6:17
6. A man wrapped in himself makes a very small package. Proverbs 18:2
7. A minute of thought is worth more than an hour of talk. - Psalms 141:3
8. A person true character is revealed by what he does when no is watching. Ephesians 6:6
9. A shut mouth gathers no foot. - Proverbs 13:3
10. Ability will enable a man to go to the top, but it takes character to keep him there. - Proverbs 11:5
11. Although the tongue weighs very little, few people are able to hold it. - James 3:5
12. Authority makes some people grow - and others just swell. - Matthew 23:11-12
13. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still - 2 Peter 1:5-8
14. Blessed is he who, having nothing to say, refrains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. - Proverbs 15:2
15. Blessed is the man who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. - Ecclesiastes 5:12
16. Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. - 2 Timothy 4:7
17. Contentment isn’t getting what we want but being satisfied with what we have. -  Philippians 4:11
18. Decisions can take you out of God’s will but never out of His reach. - 2 Timothy 2:13
19. Definition of status: Buying something you don’t need with money you don’t have to impress people you don’t like. - Matthew 23:5
20. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain. - Deuteronomy 31:6
21. Don’t be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond. - James 1:3-4
22. Don’t be discouraged; everyone who got where he is, started where he was. - Job 8:7
23. Don’t mistake activity for achievement. Busyness does not equal productiveness. - Luke 10:40-42
24. Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. -
25. Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head - 2 Timothy 4:5
26. Even the mosquito doesn’t get a slap on the back until it starts to work. - 2 Timothy 2:15
27. Every calling is great when greatly pursued. - Philippians 3:14
28. Every person should have a special cemetery lot in which to bury the faults of friends and loved ones.
29. Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. - Hebrews 6:12
30. Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see - 2 Corinthians 5:7
31. Falling down doesn’t make you a failure, but staying down does. - Proverbs 24:16
32. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death. - Hebrews 10:39
33. Forget yourself for others and others will not forget you! - Matthew 7:12
34. God can heal a broken heart but he has to have all the pieces. - Proverbs 23:26
35. God intervenes in the affairs of men by invitation only - Revelation 3:20
36. God plus one is always a majority. - Romans 8:31b
37. Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. - Galatians 5:15
38. He that has learned to obey will know how to command. - Proverbs 10:8
39. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. - Matthew 19:16
40. He who buries his talent is making a grave mistake.  - 1 Timothy 4:14
41. He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.  - Matthew 6:14
42. He who is waiting for something to turn up might start with his own shirt sleeves. - Proverbs 14:23
43. He who throws dirt loses ground. - Ephesians 4:25
44. He who wants milk should not sit on a stool in the middle of the pasture expecting the cow to back up to him. - Proverbs 10:4
45. Humor is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles - Proverbs 17:22
46. I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say.  - Proverbs 10:19
47. I would rather fail in the cause that someday will triumph than triumph in a cause that someday will fail. - 2 Corinthians 2:14
48. If a care is too small to be turned into a prayer, it is too small to be made into a burden - 1 Peter 5:7
49. If a task is once begun, Never leave it until it’s done. Be the labor great or small, Do it well or not at all. - John 17:4
50. If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything! - Isaiah 7:9
51. If you feel “dog tired” at night, maybe it’s because you “growled” all day. - Romans 12:18
52. Ignorance is always swift to speak. - James 1:19
53. In  order to receive the direction from God you must be able to receive the correction from God. Hebrews 12:5,6
54. It is good to remember that the tea kettle, although up to its neck in hot water, continues to sing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:16,18
55. It takes more to plow a field than merely turning it over in your mind. - 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
56. It’s good to be a Christian and know it, but it’s better to a Christian and show it! - John 13:35
57. It’s not the outlook but the uplook that counts. - Hebrews 12:2
58. It’s the little things in life that determine the big things. - Matthew 25:21
59. Jesus is a friend who knows all your faults and still loves you anyway. - Romans 5:8
60. Jumping to conclusions is not half as good exercise as digging for facts. - 2 Timothy 2:15
61. Language is the expression of thought. Every time you speak, your mind is on parade - Luke 6:45
62. Laziness and poverty are cousins - Proverbs 24:33-34
63. Learn from other’s mistakes rather than making them all yourself. Proverbs 12:15
64. Living would be easier if men showed as much patience at home as they do when they are fishing - 1 Peter 3:7
65. Luck: a loser’s excuse for a winner’s position. - Proverbs 13:4
66. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore - Matthew 14:28-29
67. Men will spend their health getting wealth; then, gladly pay all they have earned to get health back. - Matthew 16:26
68. Money is a good servant but a bad master. - Proverbs 22:7
69. Most men forget God all day and ask Him to remember them at night. - Psalms 55:17
70. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. - Matthew 19:26
71. Never pass a chance to keep your mouth shut. - Proverbs 17:28
72. No man ever really finds out what he believes in until he begins to instruct his children. - Ephesians 6:4
73. No matter what a man’s past may have been, his future is spotless. - Philippians 3:13
74. No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see. - James 1:23-24
75. No one ever said on their deathbed: I wish I would have spent more time at work! - Ecclesiastes 2:18; Colossians 3:23
76. Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. - Proverbs13:3
77. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your off the goal. - Matthew 14:29-30
78. One of life’s greatest rules is this: The more you give, the more you get. - Proverbs 11:24-25
79. One thing you can learn from a clock is that it passes time by keeping its hands busy. - Proverbs 18:9
80. Patience is quality you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead. - Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
81. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care - Philippians 2:3
82. People know what you are by what they see, not by what they hear - Matthew 5:16
83. People who try to whittle you down are only trying to reduce you  to their size - Luke 6:22-23
84. Perseverance is a great element of success; if you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate you are sure to wake up somebody. - Luke 11:9
85. Put others before yourself and you can become a leader among men. - Matthew 20:26-27
86. Quite often when a man thinks his mind is getting broader, it’s only his conscience stretching. - Titus 1:15
87. Remember the banana - when it left the bunch, it got skinned. - Hebrew 10:25
88. Reputation is made in a moment: character is built in a lifetime. - Job 27:6
89. Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. - Hebrews 3:13
90. Some people complain because God puts thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns. - Philippians 4:8
91. Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to. - Ephesians 6:13-14
92. Sometimes we are so busy adding up our troubles that we forget to count our blessings.  - Psalms 77:11-12
93. Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks up. Hebrews 12:2
94. Success comes in cans; failure comes in can’ts.  - Philippians 4:13
95. Success in marriage is more than finding the right person. It’s becoming the right person. - 1 Timothy 6:11
96. Swallowing angry words is much better than having to eat them. Proverbs 29:11
97. Take care of your character and your reputation will take care of itself - 1 Timothy 4:8, Proverbs 13:22
98. Temper is what gets most of us in trouble. Pride is what keeps us there. - Proverbs 16:18-19
99. The best inheritance a father can leave his children is a good example - 1 Thessalonians 2:11
100. The best way to be successful is to follow the advice you give others. - Proverbs 15:32
101. The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone solve his. - Philippians 2:4
102. The best way to get even is to forget. - Luke 6:35
103. The best way to get the last word is to apologize. - Proverbs 6:2-3
104. The company you keep will determine the trouble you meet. - Proverbs 22:24-25
105. The cure of crime is not in the electric chair but the high chair. - Proverbs 22:6
106. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is a little extra. - Ecclesiastes 9:10
107. The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lighting and lighting bug. - Proverbs 25:11
108. The doors of opportunity are marked “Push” and “Pull” - Proverbs 13:4
109. The fellow who does things that count doesn’t usually stop to count them - Philippians 3:13
110. The grass may look greener on the other side, but it still has to be mowed. - Hebrews 13:5
111. The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. - Matthew 6:20
112. The heart is the happiest when it beats for others. John 15:13
113. The measure of a man’s character is not what he get from his ancestors, but what he leaves his descendants. - Proverbs 13:22
114. The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. - Proverbs 9:7
115. The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today. - Matthew 6:34
116. The poorest of all men is not the man without a cent, but the man without a dream - Proverbs 29:18
117. The right angle to approach a difficult problem is the “try-angle” - Luke 1:37
118. The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift not a right. - 1 Timothy 6:6-7
119. The secret of success is to be like a duck - smooth and unruffled on the top, but paddling furiously underneath. - 1 Corinthians 15:10
120. The way to get to the top is to get off your bottom. - Proverbs 6:9
121. Those who believe will receive. - John 1:12
122. Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. - Galatians 6:7
123. Those who deserve love the least, need it the most - Matthew 5:44
124. Time is more valuable than money because time is irreplaceable. - Ephesians 5:16
125. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. Matthew 6:14-15
126. Too many people quit looking for work when they find a job. -  Proverbs 18:9
127. True faith and courage are like a kite - an opposing wind raises it higher. - Isaiah 40:31
128. Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you -
129. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered you will never grow. - Philippians 3:13-14
130. Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. - James 1:26
131. We make a living by what we get - we make a life by what we give. - Acts 20:35
132. We never know the worth of the water of the water till the well is dry. -
133. What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put in the hours. - Ecclesiastes 9:10a
134. When confronted with a Goliath-sized problem, which way do you respond: “He’s too big to hit” or, like David, “He’s too big to miss”? - 1 Samuel 17:37
135. When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn’t want to be a failure, so I did ten times the work. - Proverbs 10:4
136. When things go wrong, don’t go wrong with them - Proverbs 4:14
137. When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. - Proverbs 10:7
138. Whoever gossips to you will be a gossip of you. - Proverbs 11:13
139. Worry: a prayer to another god. -
140. You can accomplish more in one hour with God than one lifetime without Him. - Matthew 26b
141. You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him. - Proverbs 24:10
142. You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth - James 1:19
143. You cannot win if you do not begin. - 2 Corinthians 8:11
144. You don’t have to lie awake nights to succeed - just stay awake during the days. - John 9:4
145. You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. - Hebrews 9:27
146. You should never let adversity get you down - except on your knees. James 5:13
147. Your words are windows to your heart.  Matthew 12:34b