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Men Quotes by Vance Havner
- Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of…
- It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so…
- Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.
- It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time…
- The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
- A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a little boy asked…
- Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity
- The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.
- A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may appear very much…
- I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed…
- When a man makes alliance with the Almighty, giants look like grasshoppers.
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
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- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle