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If we pause to think, we’ll have cause to thank.

God’s highest gift should awaken man’s deepest gratitude.

Thanksgiving is a duty before it’s a feeling.

He who forgets the language of gratitude is not likely to be on speaking terms with God.

Hem your blessings with gratitude lest they unravel.

Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and worn with thanks.

Gratitude shouldn’t be an occasional incident but a continuous attitude.

A thankful heart enjoys blessings twice–when they’re received and when they’re remembered.

If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of others.

Think sometimes of all that you have instead of wishing for what you don’t.

If you are not thankful for what you got, it is doubtful if you’ll be thankful for what you will get.

God is found in two places–one of His dwellings in heaven, and the other is in the meek and thankful heart.

It is better to appreciate things you don’t have than to have things you don’t appreciate.

An ungrateful person is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they came from.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all other virtues.

We are the objects of God’s grace; let Him be the object of our gratitude.

Thanksgiving is memory of the heart.

“Thank you” may be written in small letters but is a capital idea.

If you can’t be thankful for what you receive, be thankful for what you escape.

If Christians praised God more, the world would doubt Him less.

Appreciation and praise are the lubrication that makes life more enjoyable to us and others.

Thanksgiving is good, but “thanks-living” is better.

Thanksgiving is a college from which we never graduate.

Some count their blessings on their fingers and their miseries on a calculator.

God’s giving deserves our thanksgiving.

It is a bad moment for an atheist when he feels grateful–who does he thank?

Joy thrives in the soul of thanksgiving.

Thanking the Lord in adversity changes burdens into blessings.

I grumbled because I had to get up every morning–until one morning I couldn’t get up.

Thanking God for our blessings extends them–failing to thank Him will soon end them.

Appreciation is one of the rarest but one of the most beautiful virtues.

No matter how high a man may rise, he must have someone to look up to.

He who is not grateful for the good things he has would not be happy with what he wishes he had.

Anything scarce is valuable–thanks is an example.

It is better to say thank you and not mean it, than to mean it and never say it.

Thankfulness is the soil in which joy thrives.

If a man needs praise–give it to him. He cannot read his tombstone.

If you haven’t all the things you want, be grateful for all you don’t have that you don’t want. –Marty Radcliff

On the tombstone of her husband’s grave, a Southern mountain woman had chiseled in rough and uneven letters this epitaph: “He always appreciated.” –J. Kenneth Morris

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He who would not eat forbidden fruit must stay away from the forbidden tree.

The best way to escape evil is to pursue good.

Anybody who thinks talk is cheap never argued with a traffic cop.

To master temptation, let Christ master you.

Don’t keep your eye on temptation while praying not to be led into it.

Every temptation is an opportunity to flee to God.

By yielding to temptation one may lose in a moment what it took him a lifetime to gain.

It is better to shun the bait than to struggle on the hook.

To have control over temptation, we must allow Christ to control us.

The longer you look at temptation, the more liable you will be to fall for it.

Temptations are sure to ring your doorbell, but it is your own fault if you invite them for dinner.

If you would not fall into sin, keep away from the brink of temptation.

Temptation bothers some folks most when they can’t find any.

Temptations are like bums—treat one nice and he will return with many of his friends.

Temptation usually comes in through a door that has deliberately been left open.

Few speed records are broken when people run from temptation.

When you meet temptation, turn to the right.

Nothing makes temptation so easy as being broke.

God always tests us to bring out the best; Satan tempts us to bring out the worst.

When you feel you are free from temptation, be on your guard.

Some temptations come to the industrious; all temptations come to the idle.

Each sin has its door of entrance—keep that door closed.

It is a lot easier to be virtuous when there isn’t any temptation.

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Temperance is the nurse of chastity.

A night club is a place where the tables are reserved and patrons many times are not.

Alcohol kills the living and preserves the dead.

He that is a drunkard is a candidate for all vice.

Intemperance is voluntary madness.

The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.

An ounce of thought may prevent a pound of apology.

A person pays twice for his cigarettes—once when he get them and second when they get him.

Always drive so that your license expires before you do.

Look before you leap and you won’t limp.

A bright eye indicates curiosity—a black eye, too much.

Three ways to preserve your teeth—brush often, see a dentist twice a year, and mind your own business.

Where I go hereafter depends upon what I do after here.

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

When you argue with a fool—two fools are arguing.

Don’t laugh at those who have fallen because there may be some slippery places in your own path.

The man who does as he likes is the bigger slave.

There is no paradox more tragic than a high mentality and a low morality.

Safety belts aren’t as confining as wheelchairs.

Keep out of your life all that keeps Christ out of your thoughts.

All the flowers of tomorrow are seeds today.

Don’t dig a grave for someone else—you may fall into it.

Some men make difficulties—some difficulties make men.

A recipe of life must contain a goodly amount of seasoning.

Some people are like wheelbarrows—they go only when pushed.

The little man is disturbed by little things.

If some people would be a little more careful where they step, those who follow wouldn’t stumble.

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Shine like a light, but don’t flash at people like lightning.

Some people do odd things to get even.

Bluntness is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves nothing unsaid.

The emptier the pot, the quicker it boils. Watch your temper.

A hothead has never been able to set the world on fire.

He who blows his stack adds to the world’s pollution.

Those who take a grim delight in being temperamental usually are more “temper” than “mental.”

The more often you lose your temper, the more you have of it.

Keep your temper—no one else wants it.

He who can bottle his temper is a real corker.

No one wants a runaway horse, yet many people have a runaway temper.

There’s something that the longer you keep it the better it gets—your temper.

Hot tempers will mean cool friends.

Nothing cooks your goose more quickly than a boiling temper.

Temper is the first thing a golfer has to control. It’s very bad when a ball tees you off.

The worst-tempered people are usually those who know they are wrong.

Good temper, like a shiny day, sheds a brightness over everything.

When a man’s temper gets the best of him, it brings out the worst in him.

Your temper gets you into trouble—your pride keeps you there.

Temper often causes a man to speak his mind when he ought to be minding his speech.

Every time you lose your temper you advertise yourself.

Hitting the ceiling is no way to get up in the world.

If you lose your head, what is the use of the rest of your body?

Hot tempers will lead to spiritual coldness.

Your temper improves the more you don’t use it.

If salvation has done nothing for your temper, it has done nothing for your soul.

Men are like steel—when they lose their temper they are worthless.

Temper is a valuable possession—don’t lose it.

A temper displayed in public is indecent exposure.

A person who loses his temper usually loses.

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Television has made a wonderful change in American conversation—there’s less of it.

Even if we don’t make TV an idol, too often it makes us idle.

Some people dislike TV so much they spend many hours weekly watching it.

TV is called a medium because it’s a rare show that’s well done.

Television enables people with nothing to say to talk to people who aren’t listening.

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Tax reform is when you take the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and put taxes on things that haven’t been taxed before.

Golf is much like taxes—you drive hard to get to the green and then wind up in the hole.

One way to pay less tax—earn less.

The most permanent thing in the world is a temporary tax.

Today the earth rotates around its taxes.

Our government could raise unlimited revenue simply by taxing sin.

Taxes are strange; you pay this year’s taxes with the money you earned last year but spent the year before.

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of budgeting the balance.

The taxpayer no longer fears that Congress will let him down; he just hopes it will let him up.

America is the only country where it takes more brains to make out the income tax return than it does to make the income.

A taxpayer is a government worker with no vacation, no sick leave, and no holiday.

Your money goes farther these days. In fact, a lot of it winds up in outer space.

The biggest job Congress has is to get the money from the taxpayer without disturbing the voter.

A tax collector has what it takes to get what you got.

A tax collector is “his brother’s keeper.”

The American taxpayer may be America’s first natural resource to be exhausted.

Save for a rainy day and a new tax comes along and soaks you.

In modern day terminology, a settler is one who has already paid his income tax.

Sometimes they tear down buildings to save taxes. Why not tear down taxes to save buildings?]

Taxation is based on supply and demand—the government demands and we supply.

People who don’t pay their taxes in due time, do time.

Taxes are a form of Capitol punishment.

As one travels down the highway of life, it becomes quickly apparent that there are far more toll roads than freeways.

We need more watchdogs at the US Treasury and fewer bloodhounds at the IRS.

A lot of take-home pay is spent as foolishly as that which is withheld for taxes.

Income tax is the fine for reckless thriving.

Nowadays a dime is a dollar with all the taxes taken out.

Social security is the ingenious plan that keeps you poor all your working years, so you can be poor all your retirement years.

The purpose of the IRS is to collect the money and then pass it on to those who spend it.

A fine is a tax for having done wrong—a tax is a fine for having done well.

Invest your money in taxes—they’re bound to go up.

The IRS can’t tax the riches you store in your soul.

If it’s such a small world, why does it take so much of our money to run it?

There’s this to be said about taxes—if the taxpayer is alive, he’s kicking.

If the world is getting smaller, why do they keep raising postal rates?

A taxpayer is one who does not have to pass the civil service exam to work for the government.

The advantage of being a dog: someone else pays the taxes.

An income tax form is like a laundry list—either way you lose your shirt.

When filing income taxes, it is better to give than to deceive.

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Tact is the art of pretending you didn’t notice anything.

Diplomacy, at one time, consisted of giving a hand without a handout.

We are so desiring to be tactful that we are losing contact.

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.

Tact is criticizing the mistake rather than the person who made it.

Tact is changing the subject without changing your mind.

Tact is the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle.

Tact is the ability to raise the eyebrows instead of the roof.

Tact is the ability to shut your mouth before someone wants to do it for you.

Tact is the ability of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is thinking twice before saying nothing.

Tact is the ability to think of things far enough in advance not to say them.

Tact is the ability to stand on your own two feet without stepping on anybody’s toes.

People with tact have less to retract.

Tact is the ability to remove the sting from a dangerous stinger without getting stung.

Tact is the ability to give a person a shot in the arm without him feeling the needle.

Tact is the ability to hammer home a point without hitting the other fellow in the head.

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We either build better Sunday schools and churches, or else we build better prison cells.

Three rules in teaching Sunday school: be sincere, be brief, be seated.

Everyone who thinks there ought to be a Sunday school ought to attend Sunday school.

The most expensive piece of furniture in Sunday school is an empty chair.

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Success always covers a multitude of blunders.

Eighty percent of success is just showing up.

It’s lonesome at the top, but you do eat better.

People who say that something is impossible should not interrupt those who are managing to get it done.

Success is buying a Mercedes out of petty cash.

The only time you must not fail is the last time you try.

Few people ever carve their way to success with cutting remarks.

When we succeed, we have worked hard; when other succeed, they are lucky.

To be a success, sometimes a person must have enough courage to make a fool of himself.

The secret of success could be learning at an early age that you are not perfect.

You are only responsible to try—not to succeed.

Success is not how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

Success is the ability to keep your obituary up to date.

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.

Many a man can credit his success to the fact that he didn’t have the advantages others had.

Envy provides the mud that failure throws at success.

Success is sweet, but its secret is sweat.

A man rarely succeeds at anything unless he has fun doing it.

One of the biggest troubles with success is that its recipe is about the same as for a nervous breakdown.

The road to success is almost always under construction.

There aren’t any rules for success that work unless you do.

If at first you don’t succeed, try a little ardor.

The longest journey begins with a single step.

A person is successful when he has learned to live well, laugh often, and love truly.

When the elevator to success breaks down, your best bet is to take the stairs.

A successful man is the one who lays a foundation for his life with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Some people think they are successful if they can file for their social security before they file for bankruptcy.

Most people do what they are required to do; but successful people do a little more.

It is better to try to do something and fail, than to try to do nothing and succeed.

Success is putting your “knows” to the grindstone.

Success does not depend on external help so much as on self-reliance.

No man has ever hurt his eyesight by looking on the successful side of life.

If at first you don’t succeed, try something harder.

The reason some people are successful is that they put work and plans together.

The man who is a success does more than what is necessary and keeps doing it.

Success comes to those who make the greatest profit from the fewest mistakes.

An ounce of accomplishment is worth a ton of good intentions.

For success, try aspiration, inspiration, and perspiration.

Success is not an accident—it’s hard earned.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

A successful man is one with a wife to tell him what to do and a secretary who does it.

Most of us measure our success by what others haven’t done.

Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pockets.

Attitude makes the difference between success and failure.

The road to success is marked with many tempting parking places.

When success turns your head, you’re facing failure.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Dissatisfaction without discouragement leads to progress.

All success is relative—the more success the more relatives.

If at first you don’t succeed, you are like most people.

You can be as successful as you think and as successful as you plan to be.

Those who itch for success must keep scratching.

If man goes through life and only earns money, he is not a success.

One should never be ashamed of small beginnings; it is the small growth that disappoints.

The successful man is the one who went ahead and did the things you had planned to do.

You don’t have to lie awake at nights to succeed—just stay awake days.

Most of us will never do great things, but we can do small things in a great way.

Success is doing what we like to do and making a living at it.

You cannot make a real success without making real enemies.

Prosperity is something created by hard-working citizens for politicians to boast about.

A man hopes that his lean years are behind him—a woman that hers are ahead.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

A genius is someone who aims for something no one else can see and hits it.

If a need persists, the solution exists.

Someone with a new idea is called eccentric until the idea succeeds.

You are successful when people tell you you’re a lot smarter than you really are.

If you believe you have no chance to succeed, you are probably right.

Success is not judged by what we start but what we finish.

Fame needs no fanfares.

No man every made himself a big noise by blowing his own trumpet.

If a person must announce his presence, it’s a sure sign he has not yet arrived.

Some men succeed because they are destined to, but most men succeed because they are determined to.

Success is the ability to get ahead of others and to get along with some people.

Late starters are seldom winners.

Solvency is the unanswerable argument of success.

You know a man is successful when the newspapers start quoting him on subjects he knows nothing about.

Efficiency is only another name for doing the right thing at the right time.

Success is when you are bored by people who once snubbed you.

Forget the past—no one ever backed into success.

The secret of achievement is not to let what you’re doing get to you before you get to it.

A successful man is usually an average man who had a chance or took a chance.

It’s better to deserve success than to attain it.

Success comes as a conquest, not as a bequest.

He who does not sacrifice is not likely to succeed.

We would all be successful if we followed the advice we gave to others.

Triumph is just umph added to try.

Past failure often furnishes the finest material from which to build future success.

Some men carve their way to success—others chisel.

The final six inches from success is between your ears.

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

Aim high; it is no harder on your gun to shoot the feathers off an eagle than to shoot the fur off a shunk.

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To walk in our own way is to run away from God.

Some troubles come from wanting our own way; others come from being allowed to have it.

Some people are so disagreeable that after falling into a river, they insist on swimming upstream.

Some people are like the mule—awful backward about going forward.

Sometimes the best way to convince a man he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Some people’s minds are like concrete—thoroughly mixed and permanently set.

A person who can’t lead and won’t follow makes a dandy roadblock.

Obstinate men don’t hold opinions—opinions hold them.

Some individuals insist on going through life pushing doors marked “pull.”

When you close the door to God’s love, sometimes He locks it.

When we are walking in our own way, we are actually running from the Lord.

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