Blessing & Encouraging Words
Don't Quit, Take Time, May You Have
DON'T QUIT
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sign,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow --
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out --
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell just how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit --
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
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TAKE TIME
Take Time to think ... It is the source of power.
Take Time to play ... It is the secret of perpetual youth.
Take Time to read ... It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take Time to pray ... It is the greatest power on earth.
Take Time to love and be loved ... It is a God-given privilege.
Take Time to be friendly ... It is the road to happiness.
Take Time to laugh ... It is the music of the soul.
Take Time to give ... It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take Time to work ... It is the price of success.
Take Time to do charity ... It is the key to heaven.
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MAY YOU HAVE
Enough happiness to keep you sweet,
Enough trials to keep you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human,
Enough hope to keep you happy;
Enough failure to keep you humble;
Enough success to keep you eager,
Enough friends to give you comfort,
Enough wealth to meet your needs;
Enough enthusiasm to look forward,
Enough faith to banish depression,
Enough determination to make each day better than yesterday.
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INFLUENCE
Drop a pebble in the water,
And its ripples reach out far;
And the sunbeams dancing on them
May reflect them to a star.
Give a smile to someone passing,
Thereby making his morning glad;
It may greet you in the evening
When your own heart may be sad.
Do a deed of simple kindness;
Though its end you may not see,
It may reach, like widening ripples,
Down a long eternity.
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BLESSINGS(Number 6, 23 - 26)
May
The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord let His face shine upon you & be gracious to you;
The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace!