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2126. City Scouts

Humor Illustration

King Duncan

Some Boy Scouts from the city were on a camping trip. The mosquitoes were so fierce the boys had to hide under their blankets to avoid being bitten. Then, one of them saw some lightning bugs and said to his friend, “We might as well give up. They’re coming after us with flashlights.”

2127. Courage

Luke 17:5-10

Illustration

Mark Trotter

... an unknown future in spite of the doubts. Faith doesn't remove fear either. Faith is the courage to do the right thing even when your knees are trembling. Faith doesn't remove disappointments, or guarantee victory. Faith is the courage to keep on going even when you want to give up, but you keep on going. That is what faith looks like. Madeleine L'Engel put it perfectly. "I don't have to have some special qualification to do what I have to do. All I have to do is have the courage to go on and do it."

2128. The Tempest

Jonah 4:1-11, Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 2:1-10, Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... long, and sometimes frustrating time to come to that new place. But the theme of the story is clear: God is with us even in our deepest “sleep” and darkest moments. God never deserts us no matter how angry we are or no matter how much we grieve. God never gives up on us no matter how stubborn we are or how much we try to escape our role as God’s child. God continues to gently teach us, abide by us, and love us, and to offer us hope that a new reality will come that will bring us peace. The ...

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative knowledge?

Alice James

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Alice Walker

It's not worthy of human beings to give up.

Alva Reimer Myrdal

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

Ambrose Bierce

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

Anna Quindlen

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

Anne Lamott

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Anonymous

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

Anthony Trollope

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

Arianna Huffington

I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.

Babe Ruth

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

Bjorn Borg

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

Bruce Barton

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

Chester W. Nimitz

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

Chief Joseph

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

Christopher Reeve

If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.

Clement Freud

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

Daniel Pipes

You have to define success in your own way. What maintains your dignity and integrity and what is your life's plan, where do you want to put your efforts. I could be richer and more famous, but I would have to give up things that are of infinitely more value.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Edmund Burke

Love me, please, I love you; I can bear to be your friend. So ask of me anything . . . I am not a tentative person. Whatever I do, I give up my whole self to it.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Elihu Root

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