Showing posts with label foolishness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foolishness. Show all posts

Wednesday 16 September 2009

Patience is the ability to count down before blasting off


"Patience is the ability to count down before blasting off."
- Unknown

Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the
fruit.
- Rossetti

When a person's faith seems to collapse without warning, one can
be sure it has been the result of inner conflicts--the termites of disobedience.
- Quinton J. Everest


"A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back." KJV
Proverbs 29:11

"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." NIV
Proverbs 29:11

Lord, I realize that I must remain faithful to Your law
and must have patience to finish this life well.
Grant that I will always be in control
and can be an example to others.
Dutch version > Geduld is het vermogen om af te tellen voor explosieven te laten ontsteken

patience
patience (Photo credit: Swiv)

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Wednesday 25 March 2009

There's no thief like a bad book

Dutch version / Nederlands > Er is geen dief als een slecht boek


"There's no thief like a bad book."
- Italian Proverb

"Do not be misled:
'Bad company corrupts good character.'"
1 Corinthians 15:33

"Forsake foolishness and live,
and go in the way of understanding."
Proverbs 9:6

Lord let my family come into contact with the right people.
Let me always be wise enough and making the right choices.
Make sure that I always stay on the straight path
and with my good example others bring to the truth.


Wednesday 18 February 2009

Wrath kills the foolish man, and envy consumes the covetous one

"Resentment is an extremely bitter diet,
and eventually poisonous.
I have no desire to make my own toxins."
- Neil Kinnock

"Resentment kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple."
Job 5:2

Lord God let me not cherish revenge to anybody
and learn me to forgive my enemies
and to be goodwilling to them.

Dutch version / Nederlands > Wrevel vermoordt de dwaas, gramschap doodt de zot

Neil Kinnock at the 2007 British Council Stude...
Neil Kinnock at the 2007 British Council Student Awards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



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