WORDS OF WISDOM GARDEN

Don't be unhappy if your dreams never come true -- just be thankful your nightmares don't.

You can't keep trouble from coming, but you needn't give it a chair to sit in.

Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you ought.

Don't become discouraged. It may be the last key in the bunch that will open the door.

God still speaks to those who take the time to listen.

God looks not to the quantity of the gift but to the quality of the giver.

Great minds discuss ideas; normal minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

A Christian is a living sermon whether or not he preaches a word.

Conscience is that small, still voice that makes you feel smaller.

When we have done what we can, God will do what we can't.

Every time you turn green with envy, you are ripe for trouble.

A Christian must carry something heavier on his shoulders than chips.

Genuine faith is assuring, insuring and enduring.

When God measures a man, he puts the tape around the heart.

The truth is one thing for which there are no known substitutes.

Charity begins anywhere and should have no end.

God makes a promise. Faith believes it. Hope anticipates it. Patience quietly awaits it.

A wise man will desire no more than he can get honestly, use wisely, and leave cheerfully.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Confess your sins, not your neighbor's.

The best way to stand up before the world is to kneel down before God.

Confessing your sins is no substitute for forsaking them.

Learn to enjoy little things -- there are so many of them.

No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

As a man grows older and wiser, he talks less and says more.

If you want to defend Christianity, practice it!

Will the road you're on get you to God's place?

Life isn't waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.