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Laziness is a quality that prevents people from getting tired.

If you have been going in circles, perhaps you have been cutting corners.

Nothing cures insomnia more than the realization that it is time to get up.

The turnover is highly important, whether it’s business or when the alarm clock goes off in the morning.

By the time you reach your station in life, the train has left.

The American people spend more for chewing gum than for books—it’s easier to chew than to read.

Fill a place—not just space.

A humble talent that is used is worth more than one of a genius that is idle.

Some people will spend half an hour sharpening a knife just so they can whittle a stick.

Some people who boast about how broad-minded they are may just be too lazy to find out which side they’re on.

A hen is the only thing that can lay around and produce.

If you insist on standing still, stand aside; others may be going somewhere.

A lot of people who complain about being up to their ears in work are just lying down on the job.

There are no idle rich. They’re all busy dodging people who want some of it.

The person who thinks the world owes him a living may be too lazy to work for it.

Too many people not only think the world owes them a living, but expect the government to collect it for them.

The reason there is much room at the top is the crowd at the bottom is waiting for the elevator to take them up.

Indifference and laziness are the devil’s chief tools against Christians.

A lazy person tempts the devil to tempt him.

When an idler sees a completed job, he is sure he could have done it better.

The world is full of people making a good living but not good lives.

The most serious idleness of all is being busy with things that do not matter.

The Christian cannot afford the luxury of loafing.

Luck is a lazy man’s estimate of a worker’s success.

Most all sins come from laziness.

You cannot leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.

Sleeping saints serve Satan.

Many people are on the gospel train, but too many are in the sleeper.

Rip Van Winkle is the only man to become famous while he slept.

The hardest work one can do is to do nothing.

Easy is the enemy of ambition.

We may be on the right track, but if we just sit there, we may get run over.

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.

To do nothing is tiresome because you cannot stop and take a rest.

God calls men when they are busy; Satan when they are idle.

Bread is the staff of life, but there is no reason why our life should be a continual loaf.

One of the saddest sights in life is the man who can only do nothing when he finds himself with nothing to do.

People seldom want to walk over you until you lie down.

God promises no loaves to the loafer.

The lazy person speaks much about yesterday and tomorrow.

Some people are like blisters—they never show up until the work is done.

The most serious idleness of all is being busy with things that do not matter.

Nothing conceals your laurels so much as resting on them.

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

It takes an honest man to tell whether he’s tired or just lazy.

To many people, the ideal occupation is the one that doesn’t keep them occupied.

Some things must be put off many, many times before they finally slip our minds.

The lazy man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

One thing for sure—you’ll never stumble on anything while sitting down.

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Kindness is like snow–it beautifies everything it covers.

A good rule for going through life is to keep the heart a little softer than the head.

A lot of people mean well, but their meanness is greater than their wellness.

Compassion offers whatever is necessary to heal the hurts of others.

The closer Christians get to Christ, the closer they get to one another.

The way we treat our neighbor is the way we treat God.

Train your heart to give sympathy and your hand to give help.

Cultivating kindness is a most important part of your life.

Never waste a minute thinking about your enemies; pray for them.

Compassion invests whatever is necessary to heal the hurts of others.

Gentle words fall lightly, but they have great weight.

One of the strongest of all virtues is kindness.

There is no law against being polite; even when you aren’t the candidate for some office.

When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.

A man cannot touch his neighbor’s heart with anything less than his own.

A beautiful heart seems to transform the homeliest face.

Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor.

Count that day lost in which you have not tried to do something for someone else.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning.

Remember the kindness of others; forget your own.

Nothing is as strong as gentleness; nothing is as gentle as real strength.

Keep your head up, but be careful to keep your nose on a friendly level.

Don’t expect to enjoy life if you keep your milk of human kindness bottled up.

A little oil of courtesy will save a lot of friction.

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

We cannot heal the wound we do not feel.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Courtesy is the quality of heart that overlooks the broken garden gate and calls attention to the flowers beyond the gate.

Do unto others as if you were others.

If you lovingly remember others, they will never forget you.

Real charity doesn’t care if it’s tax deductible or not.

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

Men are great only when they are kind.

A broken heart can be mended into a more beautiful pattern if the stitches are make with kindness and love.

It’s nice to be important–but it’s more important to be nice.

Never be afraid to be gracious. Look what a little polish can do for scuffed shoes.

Pity sees man’s problems; compassion helps man with his problems.

There is no sympathy so deep and strong as that which springs out of common suffering.

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.

Kindness pays most when you don’t do it for pay.

Funny thing about kindness: the more it’s used, the more you have of it.

He who is supremely strong can afford to be supremely gentle.

Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

A kind word can cool a hot head.

Kind words never wear out the tongue.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without the thought of recompense.

Speak kindly today; when tomorrow comes you will be in better practice.

Men with clenched fists cannot shake hands.

A good heart does no ill; a better heart thinks none.

Goodness is greatest, even though you may never be heard of outside your backyard.

They say courtesy is contagious. If so, we need to start an epidemic.

The sunshine of love will soften the hardest sinner’s heart.

Kindness is the insignia of a loving heart.

No one is too big to be kind and courteous, but many people are too little.

The milk of human kindness furnishes the cream of society.

Be kind today because there may be no tomorrow.

If all people would speak as kindly of the living as they do of the dead, all gossip would cease.

Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over a man is to beat him at politeness.

A kind deed often does more than a large gift.

You will never get ahead of the person you are seeking to get even with.

The only people you should get even with are those who have helped you.

Nothing costs so little and goes so far as Christian courtesy.

Leave your grouch outside.

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

Sympathy–your pain in my heart.

You will be happier if you give a piece of your heart instead of a piece of your mind to those who oppose you.

Always measure people’s character around the heart.

If you are too busy to be kind, you are too busy.

Every moment is the right one to be kind.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.

You can’t antagonize and persuade at the same time.

Think of what others ought to be like, then start being that yourself.

Goodwill is achieved by many actions; it can be lost by one.

Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.

Kind words are short to speak, but their echoes are endless.

Hospitality is the art of making people want to stay without interfering with their departure.

No one ever invented a good substitute for a good nature.

Generous gestures yield the most when that isn’t their purpose.

Sowing kindness is life’s best investment.

People who are unkind are the wrong kind.

Courtesy makes everyone feel good.

If you don’t want to be forgotten, write your name in kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of others.

Grace is everything for nothing for those who don’t deserve anything.

We are not made rich by what is in our pockets but by what is in our hearts.

He who pities others remembers himself.

The best way to remember people is in prayer.

How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.

Smooth words create an atmosphere of gentleness that heals roughness and bitterness.

Tear shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

Blunt people can get to the point quickly.

A kind word picks up a man when trouble weighs him down.

You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

Learn to say kind things; no one resents them.

A kind word is never lost; it keeps going from person to person until it returns unto you.

Real love is helping someone who can never return the favor.

Kind words are music to a broken heart.

Kindness may go a long way lots of times when it should stay right at home.

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Jesus can change the foulest sinner into the finest saint.

Being ready for Christ’s return shows we are either disinterested or delighted.

If Christ is the Way, we waste time traveling any other.

Try Jesus before you reject Him.

Christ has replaced the dark door of death with the shining gate of life.

Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that man can understand.

The birth of Christ brought God to man, but it took the cross of Christ to bring man to God.

Jesus: not a law-giver, a life-giver.

To face Christ as judge is to know Him as a friend.

We may love Jesus too little, but we can never love Him too much.

The humble Carpenter of Nazareth was also the mighty Architect of the Universe.

No day is dark when the Son is present.

Christ was born here below that we might be born from above.

The Son of God became the Son of Man that He might change the sons of men into sons of God.

If the world doesn’t hate you, you are not like Jesus.

The Bread of Life never becomes stale.

The Light of the World knows no power failures.

Christ’s incarnation brought the infinite God within reach of finite men.

God’s communication to man has come through the Christ of the cross.

In the bank of righteousness, the sinner has no account; his only hope is Christ’s account.

When Christ is the center of your focus, all else will come into proper perspective.

Christ invested His life in you; have you shown any interest?

The Bread of Life needs no butter.

It’s tragic to know Psalm 23 but not know the Shepherd.

When you meet a person who has all things, why not introduce him to Jesus?

Jesus began and ended His ministry the same way–alone.

We may travel the sea of life without Christ; but what about the landing?

Man’s best friend, Jesus, has conquered man’s worst enemy, death.

Jesus Christ forgave voluntarily; He died vicariously; He arose visibly; and He lives victoriously.

We are never alone when we are alone with Jesus.

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Ironies of Life: Both sugar and vinegar are preservatives, so it seems to boil down to whether you want to be pickled or in a jam.

If you build a large business, you’re a sinister influence; if you don’t, you’re a failure.

We blame bad luck on others but take credit for good luck for ourselves.

Luck is what enabled others to get where they are–talent is what enabled us to get where we are.

If God had really intended men to fly, He’d make it easier to get to the airport.

The “metallic age”–gold in your teeth, silver in your hair, and lead in your pants.

A desk is a wastebasket with drawers.

Rapp’s Law of Inanimate Reproduction: If you take something apart and put it back together enough times, eventually you will have two of them.

If the milk business ever becomes a public utility, we suppose that will make a cow a holding company.

It’s a sin to play golf on Sunday, the way some play it.

A dentist is a person who puts two instruments and a hand in your mouth and then asks you a question.

The only way to stay awake during the after-dinner speech is to make it.

Campers usually end up with tents nerves.

It’s true, people who snore always seem to fall asleep first.

The straight and narrow path would not be so narrow if more people would walk it.

Most of the time the shortest distance between two points is under construction.

A repairman is one who can smile when everything goes wrong.

A perfectionist is one who takes great pains–and gives them to other people.

The slow thinker lives longest–but not if he tries to cross the street.

Jelly is a food usually found on bread, children, and piano keys.

If people should visit the moon, they wouldn’t have an earthly things to do.

Now that man has reached the moon, maybe we can make another try getting the pigeons down from our public buildings.

Pollution is getting so bad, magicians complain there’s no more thin air to make people disappear.

Picnics are occasions on which people have their outings and insects their innings.

The early fish gets hooked for the same thing the early bird gets credit for.

Whoever said swimming is good for the figure should take a good look at the whale.

Why do shipments go by car and cargo by ship?

Weather forecasters are becoming more accurate, but they are still several hours behind arthritis.

A flea circus may be a good act, but it takes termites to bring down the house.

If you are all sugar, the world will eat you. If you are all vinegar, the world will spit you out.

Our nation’s foreign relations at times become very poor relations.

A foot is a device for finding furniture in the dark.

It’s a short road to some people’s wit’s end.

A minor operation is one performed on someone else.

Nothing wrong ever happens at the right time.

The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, sidestepping responsibility, and pushing their luck.

Our days are like identical suitcases–all the same size, but some people pack more in them than others.

Many a live wire would be dead if it weren’t for his connections.

An atheist is a man who has no visible means of support.

Everybody is a little neurotic these days; you can’t be normal if you aren’t.

War does not, and cannot, prove which side is right; only which side is stronger.

An argument is the longest distance between two points of view.

To make a long story short, there’s nothing like having the boss walk in.

Human nature is such that the distant wars, earthquakes, and other calamities seem less catastrophic than the first scratch on your new car.

One sure way of becoming a prophet is to keep on saying things are going to get bad.

A celebrity is someone who works hard to become well known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

Everyone can do something better than anyone else–reading his own handwriting, for instance.

Suspenders are just about the oldest form of social security.

Statistics can be used to support anything–especially statisticians.

No two people are alike, and both are glad of it.

Why can’t we realize that independence is one of our benefits?

If your life seems flat, accent it with the salt of God’s grace.

A sign over a welding shop: We mend everything except a broken heart and the break of day.

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Indifference: A vacation from God can be a grace affair.

Moderate: a fellow who makes enemies left and right.

The last nation before damnation is stagnation.

Misdeeds and missed deeds are sins of commission and omission.

The way some people act nowadays they must think that hell has been air-conditioned.

The person who stands neutral usually stands for nothing.

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

There are many living who seem dead–there are many dead who continue to live.

The tragedy of man is that he dies inside while he is still alive.

No one cares who is pulling the cart until the horse is dead.

Love will find a way–indifference will find an excuse.

Some people take a stand for Christ and never move again.

Looking at the way some people live, they ought to obtain eternal fire insurance soon.

Our most recent poll showed that 90 percent of the people are not interested in the opinions of others.

Knowing without doing is like plowing without sowing.

Too many people follow the path of least assistance.

Some people think the opposite of love is hate, but it really is indifference.

The only person worse than a quitter is the person who didn’t try.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

While we deliberate on how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

Beware of the musty, dusty, and crusty Christian.

Easy street is a blind alley.

Some people spend a whole lifetime developing one part of their body–their wishbone.

Nothing is as tiresome as doing nothing.

Some ask what this nation stands for and the answer is easy–not much.

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his own car.

You cannot expect to feel God’s presence if you are too busy.

Hardening of men’s hearts ages them quicker than hardening of the arteries.

So many people are so afraid of being taken in that they are alwasy left out.

The toughest kind of climbing is getting out of a rut.

Definition of average–lowest of the best and the best of the lowest.

One who has light views of the Son will never have great thoughts of God.

The road to ruin is always in good repair.

We cannot avoid growing old, but we can avoid growing cold.

God’s greatest problem with laborers is His vineyard is absenteeism.

By the time most people have made up their minds, opportunity has passed them.

The man who does as he pleases is seldom pleased with what he does.

No one is as busy as the man who has nothing to do.

Half of the people are trying to get something for nothing–the other half are trying to give nothing for something.

It is not possible for a person to be what he ought to be until he does what he ought to be doing.

When you are coasting, you are either losing speed or going downhill.

When a man doesn’t care what people think of him, he has reached either the top or the bottom.

We cannot really be for something we don’t understand.

People who wait until they feel like doing a job rarely do.

A little planning is a fine thing; too much planning may be an excuse for not getting anything done.

The road to failure is greased with the slime of indifference.

The wrongdoer is often one who has left something undone, not always one who has done something wrong.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little.

People who never do any more than they are paid for never get paid for any more than they do.

To know what is right and not to do it is just as bad as actively doing wrong.

As long as you tolerate even the slightest sin and inconsistency in your life, the devil has a toehold.

We speak of the average American but maybe what’s wrong with our nation is that we have too many who are average.

People seldom lose their religion by a blowout; it’s usually a slow leak.

Too many Christians have the truth on ice instead of on fire.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it.

The devil is never too busy to rock the cradle of a sleeping saint.

God is never satisfied with people who are satisfied with themselves.

The most dangerous day in any man’s life is the day he decides he knows enough.

What people call their fate is often the result of their own foolishness.

The man who fiddles around seldom gets to lead the orchestra.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

A lot of people have the right aim in life; they just fail to pull the trigger.

Some people are flexible–they can put either foot in their mouth.

The seven last words of the church: “We never did it that way before.”

Dollars are not put in the bank by depositing your rear quarters in an easy chair.

The biggest cemetery in the country is where unused talents are buried.

They too are evil who see an evil act and do nothing.

Some people lose their liberty by taking too many liberties.

There are many “lily Christians.” They toil not, neither do they spin.

Our faith and friendship are not shattered by one big act, but by many small neglects.

There are too many semi-Christians.

It is neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Waiting for a brain wave is the surest way of missing the tide.

We invite defeat when we remember what we should forget.

The more you leave to chance, the less chance you have for success.

You put a great deal of pressure on your dignity when you stand on it.

Ask the fisherman–loose floaters soon drift away.

It doesn’t do much good to put your best foot forward if you are dragging the other one.

Be careful of apathy–like pessimism, it’s catching.

The greatest of all evils is indifference toward evil.

Getting rid of the rust is a spiritual must.

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Ignorance is not the problem–it’s not knowing we are ignorant that causes difficulty.

Never argue with a fool–people might not notice the difference.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance.

Is the world being run by smart imbeciles or dumb geniuses?

Silence is the best and surest way to hide ignorance.

The worst ignorance a man can experience is ignorance of God.

If ignorance is bliss, then why aren’t there more happy people?

Being proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

Nothing pleases an ignorant man so much as a chance to hand out information.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is to be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.

Ignorance is the devil’s college.

Everyone is ignorant–only on different subjects.

It is true that ignorance of the law is no excuse, but it may be better than no alibi at all.

It is said that a professor is not smarter than other people–he just has his ignorance better organized.

An ignorant person is one who doesn’t know something you learned yesterday.

Always remember a man is not rewarded for having brains but for using them.

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Hypocrisy: The inconsistent Christian is one of the devil’s best workers.

People trying to be affable often are laughable.

An atheist is an unbeliever who prefers to raise his children in a Christian community.

The man who knows just what he would do if he were there is the man who never seems to get there.

A fair skin can cover a crooked mind.

The world doesn’t doubt Christianity as much as it does some Christians.

Don’t curse the devil openly and serve him secretly.

Better to be one-sided than two-faced.

People will follow your footsteps quicker than your advice.

You cannot lift others to a lever higher than the one on which you live.

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Humility is that precious quality that makes us feel smaller as we grow greater.

Burying your talents is a grace mistake.

Humble pie may taste awful, but it contains much nourishment.

Whatever you dislike in another person be sure to correct in yourself.

A worm is the only thing that can’t stumble.

Freedom starts by kneeling at the cross.

Knowing God makes us humble; knowing ourselves keeps us humble.

Take your honors and rewards lightly.

Before God exalts a person, he humbles him.

To reach the mountain of fame, one must go through the valley of humility.

Those who would build high must remain low.

The branches that bear the most fruit hang the lowest.

The closer people get to God, the lower they will be in their own esteem.

God expects the whole heart, but He will accept a broken one.

A good violinist is able to play first violin and willing to play second fiddle.

No person will learn anything without first learning humility.

God uses Christians who stay cool in hot places, sweet in sour places, and little in big places.

Every time I feel how humble I am, I feel proud.

True humility is not looking down on yourself but looking up to Christ.

He who stands high in his own estimation is still a long way from the top.

False humility is true pride.

Other things may be the worse for breaking, yet a heart is never at its best till it be broken.

The bigger the man, the less he is aware of his size.

An inferiority complex could be a blessing if the right ones had it.

Humility is a strange thing—when you think you’ve gained it, you’ve lost it.

It is strange, but a big head is a sign of a small man.

If you cannot come to God with a broken heart, then come to Him for a broken heart.

If you’re nobody, you don’t have to worry about making a comeback.

If you are too big to be willing to do little things, you are probably too little to be trusted with big things.

A humble man never blows his “knows” is public.

There is an I in every accident and a U in every excuse.

The smaller we are, the more room God has for us.

They who govern the most make the least noise.

The most difficult test of the human heart is to hear of a rival’s failure without a feeling of triumph.

The man who humbly bows before God will walk upright before man.

Some Christians pray to be humble, then tell everyone how humble they have become.

Stay humble or stumble.

Faith gets most; love works most; but humility keeps most.

No man is so tall that he never needs to stretch nor so small that he never needs to stoop.

The more a man knows about himself, the less he speaks of it.

Some people are so humble that they will fight to prove it.

Humility is the acceptance of the place appointed by God, whether it be in the front or rear.

The bigger the man’s head, the easier it is to fill his shoes.

The bigger the head, the smaller the heart.

Flattery is never complimentary.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished when we quit worrying who gets the credit.

A mountain shames a molehill until both are humbled by stars.

The trouble with some people is they don’t admit their faults. I would, if I had any.

To grow tall spiritually, a man must first learn to kneel.

A humble talent that is used is worth more than one of a genius that is idle.

God wants great men to be small enough to be used.

He who stoops to help someone stands tall before God.

Some people display a lot of talent when it comes to acting like a fool.

The fellow who has the right to boast doesn’t have to.

Everyone you meet is your superior in something.

We should ask God for humility but never thank him that we’ve attained it.

Having to swallow your own medicine makes the spoon seem extra large.

The higher the ape climbs the more he shows his tail.

Don’t brag—it’s not the whistle that pulls the train.

There is a great difference between being humble and being downcast.

If we were half as concerned as we pretend, we could accomplish twice as much.

Better to be the least in the Kingdom of God than the greatest outside.

When a person becomes as humble as sheep, he soon finds the world is full of wolves.

Praise of self is good provided it comes from another’s mouth.

Meekness is power under control.

Too many people are humble and proud of it.

Some people can’t bend to be human until misfortune has taken the starch out of them.

No good idea ever came from swelled heads.

The man who bows the lowest in the presence of God stands the straightest in the presence of sin.

Humility is always dignity.

Until you do the little things carefully, you will never do the big things carefully.

The world hasn’t yet been inherited by the meek, but it is sure being supported by a lot of them.

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

If there is one thing we should let others find out for themselves, it’s how great we are.

Big people are those who make us feel bigger when we are with them.

Walk tall—but remember how to stoop.

Most can stand adversity, but if you want to test most people, give them power.

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When you reach for the stars, you never get a handful of mud.

A gardener is someone who believes that what goes down must come up.

The greatest enemy of man is not disease—it’s despair.

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Complete honesty in little things is not a little thing at all.

If honesty isn’t kind, it’s the wrong kind.

There are no degrees of honesty; either you are honest or you are not.

Some people are honest only because they never had a good chance to steal anything.

An honest heart prepares one for a clear vision.

The employee who will steal for his boss will steal from his boss.

Common honesty should be more than common.

Every time dishonesty wins, it gets harder to convince our kids that honesty is the best policy.

There is no substitute for basic honesty and integrity in one’s life.

A great handicap for some golfers is honesty.

Funny that some men should take up a life of crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest.

Parents who are untrue to their children will be dishonest to adults.

Some men are known by their deeds; others are known by their dishonesty.

Only those on the level can climb the highest peaks.

The badge of honesty is simplicity.

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