RISKS

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“Give my greetings to Priscilla and Acquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who have risked their own necks for me and to whom not only I but also all the congregations of the nations give thanks.” – Apostle Paul – Rom. 16:3,4 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it. – Rousseau

If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine Floor. – Neil Simon

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else.  They’re just brave five minutes longer. – Ronald Reagan                                

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. – Voltaire

I guess I’ll retire some day, if I live that long. – (Coach) Bobby Bowden

The most romantic of all is to know the perils of marriage, and to get married anyway. – David Maloof

So long as a government sets the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill them. – Elbert Hubbert

OOPS! – Everyone

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. – Dr. Suess

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi

Nothing in fine print is ever good news. – Andy Rooney

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you gave birth. – Erma Bombeck

We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. – Decca Recording Company in rejecting a recording contact with the Beatles.

A lie gets half way around the world before the truth has had a chance to put its boots on. – Winston Churchill

There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. – Albert Einstein – 1932.

The less you talk, the more you’re listened to. – Abigail Van Buren

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. – Abraham Lincoln

Even a mistake may turn out to be the only thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.– Henry Ford

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“No temptation has come upon you except what is common to men.  But God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out so that you may be able to endure it.” – Apostle Paul – 1 Cor. 10:13 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Destiny never opens a door without shutting the other. – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

You see things and you say, “Why?”  But I dream things that never were, and I say, “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw

No one ever drowned in his own sweat. – Ann Landers

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. – George Bernard Shaw

It’s better to give children rules to break rather than no rules at all. – Tipper Gore

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. – Max Lucado

Procrastination is like a credit card.  It’s a lot of fun until you get the bill. – Chris Parker

The squeaking wheel doesn’t always get the grease.  Sometimes it gets replaced. – Vic Gold

What’s done to children they will do to society. – Dr. Karl Meninger

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – Andrew Gide

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. – Frank Capra                     

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway, and see it through, no matter what. – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well—just get up and dance! – Dave Barry

Getting angry can be like getting into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the moter, taking off at high speed, and then discovering the brakes are out of order. – Maggie Scaf

Motivation – In an experiment bees were taken to outer space.  Because of weightlessness, they saw no need to fly.  They all DIED! – Paul Harvey

Drive carefully.  We should fasten our seat belts so we won’t have to walk back to the scene of the accident. – Ira Hayes

I buy women shoes, and then they use them to walk away from me. – Mickey Rooney        

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. – Warren Buffett.

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“Keep on the watch and pray continually, so that you may not enter into temptation.  The spirit, of course, is eager, but the flesh is weak.” – Jesus Christ – Matt. 26:41 – Recorded by Apostle Matthew – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to a teenager. – P. J.  O’Rourke         

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. – Mohandas Gandhi    

Don’t squat with your spurs on. – Will Rogers

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. – Mae West

Beware of the woman who thinks much of her glory, but little of her reputation. – Victor Hugo

To be angry is easy, but to be angry with the right man and at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy. – Aristotle

Never do card tricks with the group you play poker with. – Murphy’s Laws on Life             

It’s better to aim at perfection and miss it than it is to aim at imperfection and hit it.– Thomas Watson

We basically go back to children when we’re in the dentist’s chair. – Arthur Benjamin

God will help you with the high cost of living—but He will not help you with the cost of living high. – Doug Larsen

When a woman holds off getting married, we call it ‘independence,’ but when men do it it’s called ‘fear of commitment.’ – Warren Farrell

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. – Erma Bombeck

“You can make no arrangement with destiny; tomorrow will not obey you,” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

Whatever begins in anger ends in shame. – Winston Churchill

Fear is pain rising from the anticipation of evil.– Aristotle

Go on failing.  Go on.  Only next time try to fail better. – Samuel Beckett

Discipline is learned through the seat of the pants—that’s what buns are for.  Many parents train their dogs more than their kids. – Paul Harvey

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“The shrewd person sees the danger and conceals himself, But the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences.” – Solomon – Prov. 27:12 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Never wear anything that panics the cat. – P. J. O’Rourke                               

There is no such thing as a risk free society.  Even a virtuous life has its risks, as illustrated by a proverb: “The couple who goes to bed early to save candles ends up with twins.” – Lord Rothchild

Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. – Will Rogers

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Plato                          

“Am I in heaven?” asked Denise Lockie after her plane crash-landed on the frozen Hudson River.                                              “No, and I’m no angel,” said Mark Hood, as he urged her to get moving quickly toward the exit.         

The worst thing that can happen to a person is not to die young.  The worst thing is to live a long active life, only to be separated eternally from God. – Someone very wise

Stand for something or you’ll fall for anything. – Alexander Hamilton          

Don’t wait until you’re too old or sick to have time to repent! – Gary Pulliam

He who hesitates is not necessarily lost, but he may not be able to get another chance to get off the freeway for a while. – The story of my life                   

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry.  – John Jensen                                                                                          

“I simply want to tell you there are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.  Your father is one of them.” – Miss Maudie (neighbor) to Jem – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Harper Lee

Do one thing every day that scares you. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist-deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. – Carl Sagan

I’m always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn to do it. – Pablo Picasso

A ship is always safe at the shore—but that is not what it is built for. – Albert Einstein

Take a chance!  All life is a chance.  The man who goes further is generally the one who is willing to do it alone. – Dale Carnegie                                                 

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you’ll have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn

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“Now the serpent was the most cautious of all the wild animals of the field that Jehovah God had made.  So it said to the woman: “Did God really say that you must not eat from every tree of the garden?”” – Satan to Eve – Gen. 3:1– Writer, Moses – HOLY SCRIPTURES

‘They’ told us that, if we’d just be more generous with poor folks, there’d be no motive for stealing anymore.  So we gave everyone a guaranteed income—and robbery, burglary, larceny and auto theft are running 15% ahead of a year ago.  – Paul Harvey                                               

And the trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more. – Erica Jong

Destiny is not matter of chance.  It is a matter of choice.  It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. – William Jennings Bryan