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Home is the chief school of human virtues.

Home is the sweetest type of heaven.

King of peasant, the happiest place is still the home.

Our home should face the Father’s house.

A house is not a home unless it contains food for the soul as well as for the body.

When a small girl was asked, “Where is your home?” she replied, “Where Mother is.”

You don’t realize how complicated the simple life really is until you and your family spend the weekend in a tent.

How your children see the world depends on what you show them.

Cleaning your house while the kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalks while it’s still snowing.

A small house will hold as much happiness as a mansion.

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.

If you want to write something that will probably live forever, sign a mortgage.

To train up children at home, it is necessary for the parents and children to spend some time at home.

Children may tear up a house, but they never tear up the home.

Train up children in the home (by example), and when they are old, they will not forsake it.

The nation can be no stronger than its homes.

A happy home is more than a roof over your head—it’s a foundation under your feet.

Home is more than four walls; home is where affection calls.

Many people appear to be a big bug at work but are just a pest at home.

Home should be a retreat to which a son or daughter can return in triumph or defeat, in victory or disgrace, and know they will be loved.

Be reasonable—don’t expect your youngsters to listen to your advice and ignore your example.

Some young men who leave home to set the world on fire have to come home for matches.

Many houses need to be altered into homes.

Your home will be happier if you kiss more and cuss less.

Home is a place where the great are small and the small are great.

A husband who shops with his wife is a wait-watcher.

Don’t treat your home life a pit stop on the raceway of life.

When love adorns the home, other things are secondary.

A family altar would alter many a family.

A home is a house with a heart inside.

The man who has houses everywhere has a home nowhere.

The church can preach, the school can teach, but the home must convert sermons and lessons into the way of life.

Every person should have three homes: a Christian home, a church home, and a home in heaven.

A good architect can made an old house look better by just discussing the cost of a new one.

A wife can get annoyed when company drops in unexpectedly and finds the house as it usually is.

The right temperature at home is maintained by warm hearts, not by hot heads.

A broken home is the world’s greatest wreck.

The most important things in your home are people.

Yelling at children is not the way to make the home a howling success.

A house is built by hands, but a home is built by hearts.

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The Holy Spirit can do more in a minute than we can do ourselves in a lifetime.

When the Holy Spirit works, there is always a want—I want more holiness, more grace, more of Jesus.

The Christian’s heart is the Holy Spirit’s home.

Have you felt God nudging you lately?

Unless we have within us that which is above us, we soon shall yield to the pressures around us.

If you have the Holy Spirit on the inside, you can stand any kind of battle on the outside.

Christ departed so that the Holy Spirit could be imparted.

The human spirit fails unless the Holy Spirit fills.

A pastor’s prayer: “Do something for us today that isn’t in the bulletin.”

You cannot drink of the Holy Spirit on Sunday and the spirits of the world during the week.

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Holiness is not the way to Christ, but Christ is the way to holiness.

Someone has figured that we have thirty-five thousands laws trying to enforce the Ten Commandments.

When there is no thirst for righteousness, the sermons seem dry.

A holy life is a voice—it speaks when the tongue is silent and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.

Sanctification requires consecration without reservation.

Purity in the heart produces power in the life.

Separate yourself from fellowship with the world, or the world will separate you from fellowship with God.

If you want to smell like a rose, stay out of the barnyard.

Unholy living follows unbelieving thinking.

The more we’re attracted by Christ, the less we’ll be attracted by the world.

The Christian is not ruined by living in the world but by the world living in him.

You cannot walk with God and run with the devil.

The world is whatever cools your affection for Christ.

Christians who move the world are those who do not let the world move them.

Godly talk does not always imply godly walk.

It is better to be alone than to be in bad company.

A retreat from the wrong direction is the only wise move in the right direction.

Keeping away from the mire is better than washing it off.

You are either leaving your mark on the world, or the world is leaving its mark on you.

He does not love what is good who does not hate what is evil.

Master that sin in your heart or it will master you.

Christianity is worth little if it doesn’t change your life-style.

If your room is dark, it could be for one of two reasons—the sun isn’t shining or the window is dirty.

You can wash the windows—you can’t make the sun shine.

Religious practices may induce a form of piety, but never will they produce purity.

Attachment to Christ is the real secret of detachment from the world.

The world wants good mixers; God wants good separators.

War is the result of the polluted and perverted nature of man.

Our own dirt always seems cleaner.

A “holy week” is meaningless to an unholy life.

True holiness is doing God’s will with a smile.

Worldly values are poor investments—they never pay what they promised.

If God approved of today’s permissiveness, He would have given us the “Ten Suggestions.”

Garments of righteousness never go out of style.

Love will endure if you keep it pure.

Keep out of your life all that will keep Christ out of your mind.

Loose living gets many people into tight places.

Lie down with the dogs and you will get up with fleas.

Pollution of the heart is man’s greatest ecological problem.

It takes holy citizens to make a holy city.

Trash isn’t made—it accumulates.

The early church had its greatest impact on the world when it lived least like the world.

Holiness is living that pleases God.

There is nothing as tragic as combining high mentality with low morality.

Righteousness in your heart produces beauty in your character.

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Hell is truth seen too late.

Hell is prepared for those who prepare for it by rejecting Christ.

There are good parking places on the road to hell.

Every soul winner believes in hell.

Those trying to prove there is no hell usually have a reason for it.

If more hell was preached in the pulpit, there would be less hell in the community.

People may laugh themselves into hell but never laugh themselves out.

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Heaven: the cross is the only ladder tall enough to reach heaven.

Christ is the only way to heaven; all other paths are detours to doom.

Separation is the law of earth; reunion is the law of heaven.

The path to heaven is so narrow that many can go before and many can follow after, but only Christ can walk beside us.

The only thing on earth a man can absolutely gain is heaven.

Many buy cemetery lots in advance, but do nothing about preparing for a home in heaven.

Hold lightly to the things of earth, but cling tightly to heavenly things.

The gains of heaven will more than compensate for the losses on earth.

The door of heaven is open to everyone whose heart is open to God.

Earth is the land of the dying; heaven is the land of the living.

The road to heaven is never overcrowded.

The way to heaven—turn right at Calvary and keep going straight.

Interested in going to heaven? Get flight instructions from the Bible.

No man can be qualified for heaven until he first realizes that by nature he is qualified for hell.

It’s not your will that keeps you out of heaven—it’s your won’t.

People who live a life of hell on earth cannot expect to enter heaven.

If living means grace—to die means glory.

The way to heaven is too straight for the man who wants to walk crooked.

The man who wants to go to heaven should study the route that will get him there.

A man who walks with God always gets to his destination.

Have you ever noticed that the narrow road is not crowded like the broad way is?

The average person probably hasn’t stored up enough treasure in heaven to make a down payment for a harp.

Praising yourself to the skies will not get you there.

It is better to creep along slowly on the right road than to march confidently along the wrong.

Men who sing at midnight are citizens of that city where there is no need of the sun or moon, since the Lord is the light.

It is hard to tune in on heaven’s message if our lives are full of earthly static.

Heaven’s delight will far outweigh earth’s difficulties.

Christ who tells us of heaven with all its happiness also tells us of hell with all its horrors.

You will enjoy heaven more if you have a bit of it in your heart while on earth.

Heaven will mean the most to those who have put the most into it.

There is no place where earth’s sorrows are more deeply felt than in heaven.

The greatest business in life is to prepare for the next life.

If a man could work his way into heaven, he would brag himself into hell.

The trials of earth are nothing compared to the triumphs of heaven.

Christians never meet for the last time.

Jesus was content to be born in a stable that we may have a mansion when we die.

There is one way to stay out of hell, but no way to get out of hell.

A sunset is heaven’s gate ajar.

Where you go hereafter depends on what you go after here.

Lord, while you are busy preparing a place for me, prepare me, as well, for that place.

Those who live right won’t get left.

It took days to reach the moon—in a moment we shall be translated to the “third heaven.”

Let the word on the door of hell be written, “Deserved,” but on the door of heaven be written, “Free gift.”

If you are on your way to heaven, you will be busy finding others to take along.

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Health: Good humor is the health of the soul.

Remember when no medicine was any good unless it tasted terrible?

Never argue with a doctor; he has inside information.

Just when we learn to take things with a grain of salt, the doctor puts us on a salt-free diet.

A prune is a plum that did not take care of itself.

Virus is a Latin word used by doctors to mean, “Your guess is as good as mine.”

If you look like your passport photo—you need the trip.

If you’re tired of reading about the evils of smoking—give up either reading or smoking.

Tired jogger’s prayer: “Give us this day our daily breath.”

Miracle drugs are nothing new—Moses had two tablets that could cure the world’s ills.

A sickly saint often resembles a healthy hypocrite.

You never know the worst when visiting the doctor until you get the bill.

To be healthy one must have a happy mind.

Happiness and health go together. It’s the surly bird that catches the germ.

The relative value and importance of health and wealth always depends on which you have lost.

Use, don’t abuse, your vacation. Health is essential to success.

A bad cold can either be positive or negative—sometimes the eyes have it and sometimes the nose.

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Happiness is when you see your husband’s old girlfriend and she’s fatter than you.

There are few dark days ahead for those who have learned to spread sunshine.

Happiness is like your shadow. Run after it and you will never catch it, but keep your face to the sun and it will follow you.

Some don’t know what happiness is until it’s gone.

Do something every day to make someone happy, even if it means leaving him alone.

The happiest people are those who discover that what they should be doing and what they are doing are the same things.

Three enemies that oppose happiness—worry, boredom, and self-centeredness.

Share laughter with others to help them understand that you and they have objectives in common.

The surest steps to happiness are the church steps.

A song in the heart will put a smile upon the face.

The light of God’s Son in your heart will put His sunshine on your face.

You’ll add to your joy when you count your blessings.

The Lord respects those who work, but He loves those who sing.

The most wasted day is the day when one has not laughed.

Joy is the best proof of having the presence of God.

Unhappiness always seeks to get—happiness always seeks to give.

A rejoicing Christian is one of God’s best advertisements.

Laugh a lot, and when you are older, all your wrinkles will be in the right places.

A merry heart goes all day long, but a sad heart tires in a minute.

You have the rest of your life to be miserable, so enjoy today.

Remember—laughter is “internal jogging.”

Some people find happiness by making the most of what they haven’t got.

Happiness comes when we stop complaining about our troubles and begin to be thankful for the troubles we don’t have.

The good we do today becomes the happiness of tomorrow.

Many people miss much happiness because they never stop to enjoy it while they have it.

One should not marry to find happiness but to share happiness.

You can attract sinners to Christ when you have His song in your heart.

In the eyes of the Christian, happiness is wanting what you get.

To be with Jesus forever is the sum of happiness.

It is easy to sing when we walk with the King.

Laughter can always be heard farther than weeping.

Happiness is usually the result of hard work.

Happiness can be thought, taught, and caught—but not bought.

Happiness multiplies as we divide it with others.

Sharing, whether good or bad, usually produces happiness.

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

The foolish man seeks happiness in tomorrow, but the wise man finds it today.

Life is always worthwhile to the person who can laugh, love, and lift.

A sense of humor is what makes you laugh at something that would make you angry if it happened to you.

Happiness is that peculiar sensation you encounter when you’re just too busy to feel miserable.

If you are really concerned about what you wear, remember your facial expressions can be the most important.

The secret of happiness sometimes depends on what you don’t do.

Wealth does not insure happiness, but then neither does poverty.

Joy is multiplied when you share it.

Joy comes from giving to Christ—not getting from Him.

Happiness is not doing what you like—it’s liking what you do.

A smile is a powerful weapon; you can break ice with it.

Happiness is a place between too little and too much.

Happiness in life seems to rest more heavily on interests than it does on assets.

The roots of happiness grow deepest in the soil of service.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Some Christians give the impression they were baptized in vinegar.

Some grin and bear it; others smile and change it.

Laughter is a mini-vacation.

Have you ever found any happiness in doing a mean thing?

Out of dismay and disappointment comes lasting joy.

Happiness should be like childhood diseases—sooner or later, each of us should catch it.

Make one person happy each day—even if it’s yourself.

Humor is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles.

The good we do today becomes the happiness of tomorrow.

True happiness lies in satisfaction.

Usually people are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

If you can laugh at your mistakes, you will be much happier.

If you trust God in the dark, He’ll change your midnight into music.

Happiness depends on happenings; joy depends on Jesus.

Too busy to be happy? Then you are too busy to enjoy life.

A smile will go a long way, but you must start it on its journey.

Joy is the by-product of obedience.

Joy is the flag that is flown from the castle of the heart when the King is in residence there.

One of the surest ways to happiness is to learn to enjoy all the things you think you dislike.

It takes seventy-three muscles to frown and only fourteen to smile. No wonder grouchy people are always tired.

Since you cannot have all you want, make your life happy by wanting what you have.

Three grand essentials to happiness are: something to do; something to love; and something to hope for.

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

The heights of happiness and holiness are precisely the same slopes.

An optimist laughs to forget; the pessimist forgets to laugh.

Some young people want life, liberty, and an automobile for the pursuit of happiness.

The truest expression of Christianity is not a sigh but a song.

The city of happiness is in the state of mind.

Laugh and the world laughs with you; complain and you live alone.

Cheerfulness oils the machinery of life.

Happiness depends mainly upon the improvement of small opportunities.

Happiness is not having and getting; it consists of giving and serving.

Share your joy—it take two to be glad.

A man without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs—he is jolted by every pebble in the road.

Some people bring happiness wherever they go; others whenever they do.

Laughter, if it comes from the heart, is a heavenly thing.

Keep your happiness in circulation.

He who laughs last probably intended to tell the store himself.

God often digs the wells of joy with the spade of sorrow.

He who laughs, lasts.

The trouble with happiness is that it can’t buy money.

Make it your business to be happy and your business will be happy.

Some people find happiness by making the most of what they haven’t got.

Happiness is not where you live but how you live.

The real secret to success is to be happy when you really aren’t.

Real happiness is cheap enough, and yet we often pay dearly for its counterfeit.

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Habits are either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Some folks are always punctual in being late.

Little and often make much.

We first make our habits, then our habits make us.

Bad habits, man’s mortal enemies, must be slain or they will slay him.

The chains of habit are usually too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Habit is the deepest law of human nature.

Bad habits are like comfortable beds—easy to get into, but hard to get out of.

If you don’t master your habits, they will master you.

One of the best freedoms is freedom from bad habits.

We build our lives each day with the bricks of habits we have.

It will pay those who cannot do as they please to please as they do.

One test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

Bad habits take few holidays.

A bad habit is like good bread—better broken than kept.

It’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Never make the mistake of thinking people will not always act like people.

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Grumbling requires no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character.

Most people don’t mind suffering in silence as long as everyone else knows about it.

Don’t grumble because you don’t have what you want—be thankful you don’t get what you deserve.

Jealousy is nothing more than poison envy.

The sunlight of love will kill the germs of jealousy and hate.

There are too many cranks and not enough starters in the world.

You can’t expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling.

Some people intend to be gratefully humble but instead turn out to be grumbly hateful.

If you feel “dog tired” at night, it is because you growled all day.

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Government rarely does something for you unless it does something to you.

It takes a certain kind of mind to be in politics—a small one.

Elections may be more successful if we choose the candidates according to what they won’t stand for instead of what they will stand for.

A jury consists of twelve people chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Politicians are the same everywhere—they promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

What this country needs is a man who can be right and president at the same time.

To make his speeches bear fruit, the smart politician will prune them a little.

A whale’s tongue is found to contain eight percent of the oil in its system. Among politicians the proportion is even heavier.

One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don’t get as much government as we pay for.

Whatever makes good Christians makes them good citizens.

There is only one fact a politician needs to know: most people have very short memories.

Some members of Congress should have their mouths taped instead of their speeches.

When a politician makes the dirt fly, he’s probably throwing it.

The Congress is a body of government that does not solve problems—it just investigates them.

The public business of their nation is the private business of every citizen.

Some of the best jokes are heard in just listening to the government and some of their decisions.

Remember that government of the people will be government for the people as long as there is government by the people.

Nothing is politically right that is morally wrong.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

People were satisfied with their walk in life until politicians began to offer them a free ride.

A politician is an operator who takes money from the rich, votes from the poor, and then promises both sides protection from each other.

A lame duck—a politician whose goose has been cooked.

The more you listen to political speeches, the more you realize that ours is, indeed, a land of promise.

Old politicians never die—they just run once too often.

Welfare rolls are made up from our dough.

The government should be glad the public has what it takes.

Sign at recruiting station: We honor all draft cards.

What our country needs is not more liberty but fewer people who take liberties with our liberty.

America is not only a melting pot—sometimes it is a pressure cooker.

Political speeches are like the horns on a steer—a point here and there, with a lot of bull in between.

Politicians should be good in geometry—they know all the angles and talk in circles.

We need more watchdogs at the United States Treasury and fewer bloodhounds at the Internal Revenue Service.

Voters distrust politicians too much in general and too little in particular.

A politician is a person who approaches every problem with an open mouth.

Two things for successful political campaigns: hot issues and cold cash.

Many bureaucrats are like guns without triggers—they don’t work and can’t be fired.

Too many Americans believe it’s easier to vote for something than to work for it.

A diplomat is anyone who thinks twice before saying nothing.

Judges are getting tougher with criminals—they’re giving them longer suspended sentences.

It is said that politicians are more concerned with deals than ideals.

The main reason the government fights organized crime is because it resents the competition.

Some people take the money and run; politicians run and then take the money.

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