A.A. Allen Quotes
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again, go to work - and then we retire. And what do they give us? A bloody clock.
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.
It is well to remember that reading books about the Bible is a very different thing to searching the Word for oneself.
I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Classic Recipe for Roast Beef: 1 large Roast of beef 1 small Roast of beef Take the two roasts and put them in the oven. When the little one burns, the big one is done.
The poignancy of a photograph comes from looking back to a fleeting moment in a floating world. The transitoriness is what creates the sense of the sacred
I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.
Grace is the very opposite of merit... Grace is not only undeserved favor, but it is favor, shown to the one who has deserved the very opposite.
If what they are saying about you is true, mend your ways. If it isn't true, forget it, and go on and serve the Lord.
I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.
Faith is to rest, not in the best of God's servants, but in His unchanging Word.
Every time you lose you die a little bit. You die inside...a portion of you. Not all of your organs. Maybe just your liver.
Sometimes you get the sense that the Creator is getting to that point of "Yeah, we might have to reboot."
A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts.
I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish.
Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.
The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.
For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit.
According to ancient mythology, trees link the Earth to the sky. In this respect trees link humans to another world.
A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely.
You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.
The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration.
Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.
If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.
Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?
Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.
