Drawn from over thirty years of reading, teaching, and preaching, the great stories and quotes in this volume will be welcome additions to your newsletter, web page, Sunday School class, speeches, or any creative outlet you have.
Anyone who speaks for a living knows that at some point you just run out of relevant stories to tell. And there's nothing more embarrassing to a preacher or teacher than a listener pointing out that they've heard a story three or four times now. What's a busy speaker to do? Edward K. Rowell and Leadership journal have come to the rescue with this fresh compilation of quotes, idea starters, illustrations, and humor to jump-start or add kick to speeches, sermons, and lessons. This easy-to-use volume is the perfect addition to the library of any pastor, teacher, or public speaker.
1001 Motivational Messages & Quotes for Athletes & Coaches offers 1001 motivational quotes from noted athletes, writers, celebrities and world leaders. The book features 13 themes (including confidence, discipline, teamwork, and others) with corresponding quotes for each theme. Also includes sport-specific quotes.
The Smartest Things Ever Said is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world’s most celebrated—and sometimes anonymous—minds. From Confucius and Shakespeare to Maya Angelou and Woody Allen, and from Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison to Jeff Bezos and Jane Fonda, it is quite simply the best collection of the smartest quotes ever.
Booker Prize Winner A pub gathering of elderly married couples devolves into booze-inflected reminiscing—and complaining—in this “sharp and funny” English comedy about marriage, aging, and friendship (The Washington Post). Age has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amis’s The Old Devils, which turns its humane and ironic gaze on a group of Welsh married couples who have been spending their golden years—when “all of a sudden the evening starts starting after breakfast”—nattering, complaining, reminiscing, and, above all, drinking. This more or less orderly social world is thrown off-kilter, however, when two old friends unexpectedly return from England: Alun Weaver, now a celebrated man of Welsh letters, and his entrancing wife, Rhiannon. Long-dormant rivalries and romances are rudely awakened, as life at the Bible and Crown, the local pub, is changed irrevocably. Considered by Martin Amis to be Kingsley Amis’s greatest achievement—a book that “stands comparison with any English novel of the [twentieth] century”—The Old Devils confronts the attrition of ageing with rare candor, sympathy, and moral intelligence.
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. Joseph Roux This is a collection of the funniest quotes culled by the author from the thousands that are out there to save the reader the trouble of perusing the multitude of mediocre to find the best. This is a book which you can just pick up anytime and carry on where you left off last time. It is for those who want to pep up a speech, a presentation or an email and for those who just want to sit at home and enjoy the best humorous quotations for their own amusement. In the author's view the best humorous quotations are often those which contain an essence of truth viewed from an unexpected and quirky angle unseen previously.
Jesus says profoundly, "The words that I speak, they are Spirit and they are life." Words live and have incredible power, so watch what words you speak. "Colours fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure." Edwards Thorndike. The power found in words cannot be understated. They can be explosive dynamite destroying or they can be cautious uplifting words. "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." Mother Teresa. What lasting impressions are you making with the words you are speaking? The spoken word has life or death in it. Words can motivate you to do more or do the exact opposite. They can equally build you up or pull you down. Throughout history, all successful people have been known to tap into the world of wise words. They have continually stayed motivated and challenged by insightful words from others and this book has the compilation of wise, life transforming quotes to help you as a teen chart your successful path in life. As you read through this book, you will experience renewed energy, you will feel an explosive excitement, and your passion to do more will mystify you. That is exactly the effect inspirational words. This collection of quotes has been carefully sourced for teens worldwide. Every teen, especially those who desire to be successful must have a copy. "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." BenjaminFranklin. "Teens are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves." Virginia Satir.
The Big Book of Quotes is a collection of over 3,500 quotations from some of the greatest minds that ever existed. This is a book which you can just pick up anytime and carry on where you left off last time. It is for those who want to pep up a speech, a presentation or an email and for those who just want to jump start their brains with thought provoking or amusing quotations. The essence of the best quotes are that they express a truth or an insight in a short and often amusing way. Thoughts expressed succinctly have tremendous power. They can inspire and motivate, they can get a message across and they can provide insight. I hope this book will prove useful, amusing and the quotes will resonate with you.