ArchiveMarch 2017

Adolf Hitler: What luck for rulers that men do not think.

Ravi Zacharias: I will never forget talking to a former Muslim who had committed his life to Jesus Christ and who gave me a fascinating word picture. He drew two circles and put a small dot in each of them. Pointing to the first, he said, “As a Muslim, I believed the circle to be my faith and the little dot to be my life.” Then he pointed to the next circle and said, “Now, as a follower of Jesus...

  Ever wrote a book and nobody wants to publish it? This happened with Norman Vincent Peale. He is the author of the bestseller “The Power of Positive Thinking”. He wrote the book and sent it to a publisher, which returned it. Then he sent it to another one, and another one… Everytime the publishers returned the book: 115 times. When it came back after a 115 attempts, he threw it in...

The Plague of Cyprian is the name given to a pandemic, probably of smallpox, that afflicted the Roman Empire from AD 250 onwards during one of the largest disasters in the ancient world between AD 250-270. It even claimed the life of emperor Claudius II Gothicus. The plague is thought to have caused widespread manpower shortages in agriculture and the Roman army...

William Barclay (Bible commentator): Jesus promised his disciples 3 things: that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.

Do not seek the applause of many, seek the salvation of many. Phillip Brooks

Tell a lie enough times and eventually everyone believes it. Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right. Henry Ford

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have. John C. Maxwell

I am definitely going to take a course on time management… just as soon as I can work it into my schedule. Louis E. Boone