Anfisa Arkhipchenko Quotes & Sayings

In a congregation meeting, the pastor encouraged the congregation to make a new commitment to serve the people [at the trailer park]. One person stood up and said that past efforts had failed because the church lacked organization. Another person said that the church failed due to a lack of knowledge regarding the people's practical needs. Still another said that the church lacked evangelistic zeal.
In each case, the person offering criticism had the gifts to make the effort succeed! The person who saw a lack of organization had the gift of administration. The person who saw the lack of concern for practical needs had the gift of mercy. And the person who thought the church lacked evangelistic zeal had the gift of evangelism. What should have been a very successful outreach was short-circuited because they had not been using their gifts, the very gifts that were needed most. — Timothy Lane

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him. — George Santayana

He hated so many people I hardly know anyone any more — Elaine Dundy

We are all 'foreigners' to [the remainder of: the human race minus our countrymen]. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Through the orifice of silence, the whole geyser of Bliss, perpetually shoots up and flows over the soul. — Paramahansa Yogananda

I can manage," said Frodo. "I must. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Williams was complex and tortured. He was not a saint but had his saintly side, which came and went, radiant and sincere as long as it lasted. — Philip Zaleski

Begin this moment, wherever you find yourself, and take no thought of the morrow. Look not to Russia, China, India, not to Washington, not to the adjoining county, city or state, but to your immediate surroundings. Forget Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed and all the others. Do your part to the best of your ability, regardless of the consequences. Above all, do not wait for the next man to follow suit. — Henry Miller

The best learning I had came from teaching. — Corrie Ten Boom

You can always land on your feet if you know where the ground is. — George Cukor

muted tones of puce--the color of tongue and bologna — Wendy Wunder