​Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. –Barbara Johnson

It’s important for parents to live the same things they teach. – Anon

The two agencies that redistribute great fortunes are taxation and offspring. – Anon

With the exception of world unrest, nothing breaks out in more places than an old garden hose. – Anon

A church council is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done. – Anon

Live your life and forget your age. – Frank Bering

My clothes are addressed to women who can afford to travel with forty suitcases. – Yves Saint Laurent

In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it. – F M Hubbard

In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind, but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them. – Hugh Walpole

Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. – Robert Burns

Method is like packing things in a box; a good packer will get in half as much again as a bad one. – Sir Richard Cecil

It’s easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient. – George Eliot

​If you would like to live a quiet, peaceful, uneventful life, you were born at the wrong time. – Anon

​If you wish to know God, you must know His Word. – C H Spurgeon

Freedom comes by filling your mind with God’s thoughts. – Erwin Luther

Keep the faith…but not from others! – Anon

It is still one of the tragedies of human history that the ‘children of darkness’ are frequently more determined and zealous than the ‘children of light’. – Martin Luther King

The longest journey is the journey within. – Dag Hammarskjold

The real measure of a man’s wealth is what he has invested in eternity. – Anon

Thank God for what you have, TRUST GOD for what you need. – Anon

It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love Him. – P T Forsyth

Blessed are the peacemakers; they will never be unemployed. – Anon

Laughter is God’s sunshine. – Anon

Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice. –Cervantes

It is necessary to draw near to God, but it is not required of you to prolong your speech till everyone is longing to hear the word ‘Amen’. – C H Spurgeon

Prayer is the very life-breath of true Christianity. – J C Ryle

Prejudice is a loose idea, firmly held. – Anon

​Those who think too much of themselves don’t think enough. – Amy Carmichael