The Wish I
Said That items below are used with the permission of the author Ralph Milton.
WISH I SAID THAT… 31
Live in such a way that those who know you but don't
know God will come to know God because they know you.
Source unknown, via Kausie White
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
Chinese proverb via Evelyn McLachlan
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of
misery.
Spike Milligan via Margaret and Wally Wood
WISH I SAID THAT… 32
If a person tries to fail and succeeds, which did they
do?
author unknown via Velia Watts
Jesus listened and observed first, and then to those who needed healing, he
gave healing, to those who were frozen against God's new thing, he gave the
warmth of love and the fire of passion, and to those who were beaten down by an
oppressive world, he gave encouragement and freedom.
Tom Ehrich via Mary of
* In a Jam? God Preserve Us!
* Forget Big Brother, Speak to Our Father.
* The Ultimate F-Word is Forgiveness.
WISH I SAID THAT… 33
We are still family by God, and that is something no
one can take away.
Carl Chamberlain
What's the good of accomplishing anything if you have
no altar on which to place it.
Fred Craddock via Allan Saunders
If only we could stop trying to be happy, we could have a good time.
Edith Wharton
WISH I SAID THAT… 34
To appreciate nonsense requires a
serious interest in life.
Gelett Burgess via Evelyn McLachlan
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would
suffice.
Meister Eckhart via Bette Johnson Sohm
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Mark Twain via Mary in
Laughter has no age. It belongs to all generations, especially when it's
shared. That's the secret of crossing the generation gap.
Bob Talbert via
WISH I SAID THAT… 35
Definition: A camel is a horse put together by a
committee.
source unknown, via Margaret Wood
When we work as hard in peacetime to make this world decent to live in as in
wartime we work to kill, the world will be decent and the causes for which men
(sic) fight will be gone.
Agnes Keith via Bob Warrick
Heck is the place they send people who don't believe in Gosh!
source unknown, via Frank Chubb