words

"Hear instruction, and be wise."

I love one-liners. Many are like modern proverbs and are like nuggets of gold or pearls of wisdom. Here are a few:

"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." – william blake

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." – david george

"I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail." – jim elliot 

"Would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest; heaven so real that we must have men there; Christ so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the Man of Sorrows the Man of Joy by the conversion to him of many." – j. hudson taylor.

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – chinese proverb 

"You are wise when you learn from your mistakes. You are wiser still when you learn from others' mistakes." – rob acker 

"The experience of resistance and frustration is often an indication that you are doing the wrong thing." – brian tracy 

"Every person is working for him or herself." – brian tracy 

"He who never walks except where he sees other men's tracks will make no discoveries." – unknown 

"Success is a marathon, not a sprint." – unknown 

And, "If it's going to be, it will be up to me." – robert schuller 

"I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" – (Jeremiah 32:27).

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths" – (Proverbs 3:5-6).