Education
“The propagation of knowledge without moral excellence is hardly conducive to the common good; it simply produces better educated villains.”
— Harold Brown, The Sensate Culture, 188 —
“…the costliest and most complex teaching aids will be of little value when teachers possess no authority to teach and students possess no willingness to learn.”
— Harold Brown, The Sensate Culture, 189 —
Efficiency
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”–Peter Drucker–
Enabled to Obey
There is not a thing that God expects of a person but that God will give him or her the power to do. — A.B. Simpson, Days of Heaven on Earth–
“We may be ready to admit our disability, but are we as ready to admit His ability?” –A.B. Simpson, Days of Heaven on Earth
“It is possible to possess an energy that will be tireless and ceaseless and yet still as the ocean’s depth.” — A.B. Simpson, Days of Heaven on Earth
Enthusiasm
“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”
–Vince Lombardi–
Eternity
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probably explanation is that I was made for another world.”
— C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)
Evangelism
“The early disciples were fishers of men–while modern disciples are often little more than aquarium keepers.” –unknown–
“People can only be loved into the kingdom.” J.B Phillips
“The church is like manure. Pile it up, and it stinks up the neighborhood. Spread it out, and it enriches the world.” –Luis Palau–
“A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.”–G.K. Chesterton–
Example
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.” –Mark Twain–
Excuses
“Almost all of our faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them.” –La Rochefoucauld–
“A poor workman always finds fault with his tools.” –anonymous–
Exercise
“I consider exercise vulgar. It makes people smell.” Alec Yuill Thornton
“To exercise is human; not to is divine” — Robert Orben —
Expectancy
“Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as He likes.”
–Oswald Chambers–
Experience
“Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.” –F.P Jones–
“One of the great snares of the Christian worker is to make a fetish out of his rare moments.” — Oswald Chambers — (My Utmost, Apr. 25)
“Never live for rare moments–they are surprises. God will give us touches of inspiration when he sees we are not in danger of being led away by them. We must never make our moments of inspiration our standards. Our standard is our duty.” –Oswald Chambers — (My Utmost, Apr. 30)
Expert
“An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.”
–Nicholas Murray Butler–
Eyes of God
“When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us, for it is written that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout all the earth. The sweet language of experience is “Thou God seest” (Genesis 16:13). When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on this earth.”
–A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God, 83–