In Sermon Illustrations: "I Am The Truth"

I Make It A Rule Not To Clutter My Mind With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple information that I can ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

I Suggest That The Only Books That Influence Us ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

The First Time I Read An Interesting Book, It ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The first time I read an interesting book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend; when I read over a book I have perused ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

I Hate To Read New Books. There Are Twenty Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I hate to read new books. There are twenty or thirty volumes that I have read over and over again, and these are the only ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

If I Have Not Read A Book Before, It Is, For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed ...read more

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I Would Rather Be A Poor Man In A Garret With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king ...read more

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I Regard Reviews As A Kind Of Infants Disease To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I regard reviews as a kind of infants disease to which ...read more

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I Was Gravely Warned By Some Of My Female ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as ...read more

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I Wrote The Scenes...by Using The Same ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I wrote the scenes...by using the same apprehensive imagination that occurs in the morning before an ...read more

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Who Knows Whether In Retirement I Shall Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane ...read more

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I Write For No Other Purpose Than To Add To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three ...read more

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Writing Is So Difficult That I Often Feel That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Writing is so difficult that I often feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will ...read more

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I Read One Psychologists Theory That Said, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I read one psychologists theory that said, Never strike a child in anger. When should I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he is recuperating from the ...read more

Tags: Children

I Take A Very Practical View Of Raising ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their ...read more

Tags: Children

If I Were To Be Asked What Single Qualification ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If I were to be asked what single qualification was necessary for one who has the care of children, I should say patiencepatience with their tempers, with their understandings, with their progress...patience to go over first principles again and again; ...read more

Tags: Children

All Children Wear The Sign: I Want To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

All children wear the sign: I want to be important NOW. Many of our juvenile delinquency problems ...read more

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I First Gave It A Dose Of Castor Oil, And Then ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I first gave it a dose of castor oil, and then I christened it; so now the poor ...read more

Tags: Children

These Things I Do Despise: Hypocrisy And Lies, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"These things I do despise: Hypocrisy and lies, And anything at all that dims ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23

Tags: Children

I Have Found That Unselfishness Pays Because It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I have found that unselfishness pays because it tends to ...read more

Tags: Character

I Feel An Earnest And Humble Desire, And Shall ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the ...read more

Tags: Joy