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Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
You wake in the morning and look over at your desk. There it is. It’s a bright pink and you know what’s on it. It’s sitting on top of the box you used to clean out your desk. That was a month ago, but the pain is just as fresh as if it had happened five minutes earlier. Beside the box is your Bible.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 1 view
SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN LEARN THE POWER OF ACTION VERY QUICKLY. AND MOST OF THEM USE SOME TECHNIQUE TO FORCE YOU INTO MAKING A DECISION AND TAKING ACTION. I WAS AMUSED THIS WEEK WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE COPIER MAN OUT HERE. OUR LEASE ON OUR COPIER WAS UP AND OF COURSE THE SALESMAN WAS OFFERING US THE…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 4 views
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done. - Cullen Hightower, “Quotable Quotes” Reader’s Digest, March 1998, page 49
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 3 views
DELIVER THE GOODS There's a man in the world who is never turned down, Wherever he chances to stray; He gets the glad hand in the populous town, Or out where the farmers make hay; He's greeted with pleasure on deserts of sand, And deep in the aisles of the woods; Wherever he goes there's a welcoming…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 14 views
There's a story about a farmer who was visited by a couple of young, energetic evangelists. They knocked on his door and asked if he 'was saved.' The farmer left the two at the door and went into his farmhouse for a pencil and a pad of paper. Coming back to the two evangelists, he gave them a list of…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
We are all manufactures – some make good, others make trouble and still others make excuses.
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
I asked “Why doesn’t somebody do something.” Then realized I was somebody.
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
Use what talents you have. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those which sang the best. Speakers Sourcebook; Eleanor Doan, page 244
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 3 views
Even if you are on the right track you will get run over if you just sit there. Speakers Sourcebook; Eleanor Doan, page 132
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 4 views
A bell is not a bell until it is rung. Lifetime speakers Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob Braude, page 7
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. -Dr. Samuel Johnson Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob M. Braude, page 8.
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 5 views
While Averill Harriman, former governor of New York, was serving in a diplomatic position he was asked about the fluency of his French. Mr. Harriman replied, “It is excellent, except for the verbs.” In like manner, in the church today the nouns (Lord’s supper, baptism, etc.) are all right; however, we…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 4 views
You know any fool can stay up all night, but it takes a strong man to get up in the morning. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M. Braude, page 769
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One of my favorite D.L. Moody stories illustrates this point. Attending a convention in Indianapolis, Mr. Moody asked singer Ira Sankey to meet him at 6 o’clock one evening at a certain street corner. When Sankey arrived, Mr. Moody put him on a box and asked him to sing, and it was not long before a…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
A11 things come to those who wait – but only what’s left over by those who hustle. 1800 Quippable Quips, E. C. McKenzie, page 21
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
An idea not coupled with action will never become any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. – Arnold H. Glasow Lifetime Speakers Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob Braude, page 9
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 5 views
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion. Reader’s Digest, February 1974, page 86
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt. - N. MacDonald Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob Braude, page 1
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 3 views
The reason most people won’t stand up and be counted is not that they’re afraid to stand up – they’re just too lazy. 1800 Quippable Quips, E. C. McKenzie, page 37
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
Dreamer: one who waits for something to turn up – whereas a doer turns up something while waiting. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M. Braude, page 1009
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
Sympathy is for the one who tried and failed; pity is for the one who failed to try. 1800 Quippable Quips, E. C. McKenzie, page 51
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 4 views
Kind words never die, but without kind deeds they sometimes sound awfully sick. 1800 Quippable Quips, E. C. McKenzie, page 70
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
A worker who does only what he has to do, is a slave. One who willingly does more than is required of him, is truly a free man. Source: Magazine Name, January 1, 2006
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 7 views
You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere. – Charles F. Kettering Life Is Tremendous, Charlie Jones, page 36