A Few Modern Proverbs

[Eddy Fire]

a few modern proverbs
more to come

1) When the teacher is ready, the student appears...

2)Beware the fury of a patient God.


3) Let us live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.


4) There are enough targets to aim at without firing at each other.


5) Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.


6) All too often, a clear conscience is merely the results
of a bad memory.


7) Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.


8) Vision is the ability of seeing things invisible.


9) Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of virtue.


10) Does thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

11) A man full of faith, it endowed with virtue and glory, is respected, whatever place he may choose.


12) The most valuable gift you can give another is nothing you can
make or buy, just share the plan of salvation.

 

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part 2 modern day proverbs

13) The poorest of all men is not the man without a cent
but the man without salvation.

14) Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

15) Remember that the mightiest oak was once a
little nut that held its ground.

16) He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity,
is wise for a moment, but a fool forever.

17) By perseverance even the snail reached the Ark.

18) The best inheritance a parent can give their children
is their time each day.

19) People will be more impressed by the depth of your conviction
than the height of your logic.

20) Never give the devil a ride, he will always want to drive.

21) The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually
fearing that you will make one.

22) Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of
Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.

24) Many a person thinks that they have an open mind about a subject
when it's merely vacant.

25) Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

26) The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined
by praise than saved by criticism.

27)Consider it all joy when you encounter various trials, knowing
that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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

29) It is better to work with the construction gang,
than with the wrecking crew.

30) To do the will of God is the greatest achievement in life.

 

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30) To do the will of God is the greatest achievement in life.

31) Money is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

32) You can't fill an empty bucket with a dry well.

33) What is moral is what you feel good about afterwards.

34) He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over
which he himself must pass.

35) From what we get, we can make a living,
from what we give can make a life.

36) Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

37) If a care is too small to be turned into a prayer,
it is too small to be made into a burden.

38) Blame yourself as you would blame others.

39) Even a woodpecker owes his success to
the fact that he uses his head.

40) Blessed is he who, having nothing to say, refrains from giving
wordy evidence of the fact.

41) The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really
thankful and has nobody to thank.

42) When you have reached the end of your rope,
tie a knot and hang on.

43) People with tact have less to retract.

44) Sometimes the Lord calms the storm, sometimes He lets the storm
rage and calms His child.

45) The man who sings his own praises always gets the wrong pitch.

 

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45) The man who sings his own praises always gets the wrong pitch.

46) The greatest act of faith is when man decides he is not God.

47) Wisdom is he quality that keeps you from getting into
situations where you need it.

48) Wisdom is the wealth of the wise.

49) Devoting a little of yourself to everything means
committing your all to nothing.

50) To find the will of God is the greatest discovery.

51) To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge

52) Some people reach the top of the ladder of success only to
find it is leaning against the wrong wall.

53) The happiness of every country depends upon the character of
its people, rather than the form of its government.

54) It is better to be silent and be considered a fool
than to speak and remove all doubt.

55) Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down does.

56) True faith and courage are like a kite.
An opposing wind raises it higher.

57) Too many people quit looking for work when they find a job.

58) Contentment isn't getting what we want
but being satisfied with what we have.

59) A drowning man does not complain about the
size of a life preserver.

60) Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

61) If you can't help a hundred people then
just help one the best you can.

62) If at first you don't succeed, try reading the instructions.

63) Decisions can take you out of God's will
but never out of His reach.

64) He who wants milk should not sit on a stool in the middle of
the pasture expecting the cow to come to him.

65) Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who
have the most live the longest.

66) The first rule of holes, when you are in one, stop digging.

67) God gives every bird its food,
but He does not throw it into the bird's nest.

68) Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.

69) Anger is only one letter short of danger.

70) Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

 

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70) Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

71) God never asks about our ability or our inability,
just our availability.

72) Personality has the power to open doors,
but character keeps them open.

73) Do not in the darkness of night, that which you shun in
the broad daylight.

74) A blind man who sees is better than a seeing man who is blind.

75) The trouble with stretching the truth is
that it's apt to snap back.

76) Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

77) It is impossible for a man to despair who remembers that his
Helper is omnipotent.

78) Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

79) Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous.
The traffic from both sides knocks you down.

80) Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.

81) Only when we have knelt before God, can we stand before men.

82) You can't act like a skunk without someone getting wind of it.

83) Consider the turtle, he only makes progress when he
sticks his neck out.

84) A Christian must keep the faith, but not to himself.

85) Some minds are like finished concrete,
thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

 

[mackem lady]

Very good

I must copy these

Thanx EF

 

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86) The heart is the happiest when it beats for others.

87) The best inheritance a father can leave
his children is a good example.


88) People know what you are by what they see,
not by what they are told.


89) The grass may look greener on the other side,
but it still has to be mowed.


90) People who try to whittle you down are only
trying to reduce you to their size.


91) Temper is what gets most of us into trouble.
Pride is what keeps us there.


92) It isn't hard to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Just add a little dirt.


93) If you feel "dog tired" at night,
maybe it's because you "growled" all day!


94) The bridge you burn now may be the one you have to cross later.


95) Real friends are those who, when you have made a fool of
yourself, don't feel you have done a permanent job.


96) God can heal a broken heart, but He has to have all the pieces.


97) A man is rich according to what he is,
not according to what he has.


98) Be more concerned with what God thinks about you
than what people think about you.


99) The train of failure usually runs on the track of laziness.


100) Forget yourself for others and others will not forget you.


101) In order to receive the direction from God you must be able
to receive the correction from God.


102) Your words are windows to your heart.


103) Pick your friends -but not to pieces.


104) Learn from others' mistakes rather
than making them all yourself.


105) Ignorance is always swift to speak.