Charity (love) begins at home -- but it does not stay there.

Giving advice to the poor is about as near charity as some people get.

A boy is like a canoe -- he behaves better if paddled from the rear

Sometimes the best way to straighten out a child is by bending him over

When children get on the wrong track, it's time to use the switch.

Children have more need of models than of critics ~ Joubert

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child ~ Longfellow

Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.

Better alone than in bad company.

Things turn out the best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.

A contented person is someone who can enjoy the scenery along a detour.

Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live.

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

The empty tomb proves Christianity; the empty pew denies it.

"Christianity" is a battle, not merely a dream.

He who is born of God should grow to resemble his father.

No man ever regretted Christianity on his deathbed.

One man with courage is a majority. ~ Andrew Jackson

Those who complain most are most to be complained of. ~ Matthew Henry

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it's going on when you don't have the strength.

The best way to keep your chin up is to keep your mouth shut and stop complaining.

There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.

No civil law can change evil into good, or vice into virtue.

You cannot train your children at home unless you spend some time there.

Be careful in choosing your companions because "evil companionship corrupts good morals."

If Christ can not go with us, we should not go.

Christ established His church to save sinners, not to serve dinners.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

Count your blessings, not your woes.

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