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The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it...- Oscar Wilde Lamentations 3:40 "Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord."

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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it... - Andrew Carnegie Proverbs 16:21 "The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction."

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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade...- Henry Beecher.......Proverbs 17:24 "A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth."

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Sometimes to be headstrong, is to be brain-weak... - Bob Faravon Proverbs 17:27

"A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered."

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The ultimate benefit of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do...- Leontyne Price Proverbs 17:16 "Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?"

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In one of his most poignant and philosophical acts, "Youth, maturiy, Old Age, Death," Marcel Marceau - who put the Art of Mime on the world stage and brought poetry to silence - wordlessly showed the passing of an entire life in just minutes. He mastered the rare gift of being able to communicate with each and everyone beyond the barriers of language...- French PM Francois FillonLuke 12:15 "Beware, don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."

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I know that we must go much further, be bolder and more confident if we are to unleash the talents of all and make Britain the place it can be. We should be proud of the fact that this country is richer, faster, and more confident, but we should also say there is more to do. Victory has to be earned, not taken for granted. Even more so if it's the fourth time. But it is in the scale of our long-term ambitions and our determination to achieve them that we define ourselves... - British PM Gordon Brown in his maiden speech as Labor Party Leader Luke 12:21 "Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but

not have a rich relationship with God."

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Start by doing the necessary, then the possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible...- St. Francis of Assisi 1 peter 1:6,7 "now for a season, if need be, ye

are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ."

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Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently - Henry Ford Romans

8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have called according to His Purpose."

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And there will be a reckoning when all will know what each has done with their knowledge and gifts from the Lord. How much has been given to us who have known Jesus - The Word of God made Flesh? How many have we shared / given back to others... - Claretian Publications Luke 8:18 "Now, take care how well you listen, for whoever produces will be given more, but from those who do not produce, even what they seem to have will be taken away from them."

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When a person from the upper class puts himself at the service of the poor, it causes an authentic revolution, the biggest, the most difficult one: the revolution of love...- Mother Teresa 1 Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time."

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Frankly, I don't know where all the time went, I just went from meeting one deadline to another, and before I knew it, it was 20 years. Every time I see my daughter and son, I find my brain humming, `Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play?' My brain swells to a chorus at the next line, which is: `I don't remember getting older'. Damn, I don't even feel it, except when the gout comes around and gives me exquisitely painful reminders...- Conrado de Quiros, PDI Columnist, There's The Rub on its 20th anniversary Isaiah 64:8,9 "0 Lord, Thous art our Father; we are the clay, and Thou our Potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Be not wroth very sore, 0 Lord, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people."

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No one is rich enough to buy back yesterday. But if you have the character to do better things today, You would be the richer one tomorrow... - Rody Atonino Isaiah10:3 "What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches."

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The remarkable growth rate of Philippine Agriculture, with the Fisheries Subsector as the year's growth driver, expanded 3.5% in the first half of 2007. 3% is a dramatic improvement as it exceeds the country's population growth rate which is 2.5%. It's Peso value rose 5.20% to 467 billion for the period... - Sen. Edgardo Angara, author of Agricultural Fisheries Modernization Act Galatians 6:9 "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

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My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States...- Harry S. Truman Isaiah 51:6 "Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail."

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In the USA, the median price of an existing home - the point where half sold for more and half for less-edged up slightly in August to $224,500, an increase of 0.2 percent versus Aug 2006. It marked the first year-over-year price increase after a record 12 straight months of declining prices. However, many analysts believe that sales and prices will fall further as the housing market receives additional blows from rising defaults that are dumping more homes on an already glutted market and causing lenders to tighten standards... - Washington News Proverbs 14:14,15 "The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his. A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps."

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Asian Stocks touched record highs and the dollar hit another all-time low against the euro after more weak US economic data boosted expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again, to shield the world's biggest economy from a housing slump and financial turbulence... - Tokyo News... Job 5:6 - Lamentations 3:27 "Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth rouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. - It is good for a man that he bears the yoke in his youth."

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My family has been with me in Australia now for around six months and we're really enjoying it. The friendly welcome, easygoing lifestyle and, of course, obsession with sport makes Australia the envy of the world. Now, with the onset of spring and summer, we'll be looking forward to even more of Australia's beautiful landscape in our BMW - The Ultimate Driving Machine, Born To Run...- Guenther Seeman, BMW Australia Managing Director.......... Hebrews 12:12 "Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed."

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Love is too strong a word to say it too early, but it has too beautiful a meaning to say it too late... - Kurt Comish 1 John 4:19-21 "We love because he first loved us. If anyone say, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother."

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Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty- they merely move it from their faces into their hearts...- Martin Buxbaum Ezekiel 36:26 "I will

give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."

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If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want... - Zig Ziglar Psalm 25:4 "Shew me thy ways, 0 Lord; teach me thy paths."

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The great successful men of the world have used their imagination... They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building-steadily building... - Robert Collier .......Collossians 3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that yo will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward."

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Dear tested and tried believer, it is your mission to walk onto the stage of this world in order to reveal to all of heaven and earth that the music of life lies not in your circumstances or external things but in your own soul...- L.B. Cowan John 16:33 "I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."

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If peace be in your heart,/ The wildest winter storm is full of solemn beauty,/ The midnight flash but shows your path of duty,/ Each living creature tells some new and joyous story,/ The very trees and stones all catch a ray of glory,/ If peace be in your heart...- Charles Francis Richardson Philippians 4:7 "...His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."

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The biggest challenge ahead is the growing income disparity. More and more people seem to be falling to the very bottom, from where they see no means of escaping. It is unlike in the 1950's and `60s, when most people assumed that if you just worked hard you could move up the social ladder. In terms of social stability, it's not a good phenomenon. Hongkong people are very pragmatic... - Anson Chan, Deputy to the last British Governor and then to Beijing- appointed Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa………..Deuteronomy 15:11 "There will always be some among you who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share your resources freely with the poor and those in need."

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China plans to formally establish its Sovereign Wealth Fund to start investing nearly US$200billion thru the CIC- China Investment Corp. in international markets with the goal of improving returns on its US$1.4 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, most of which is invested in US Treasurys... - Rick Carew, Wall Street Journal ......... 1 Corinthians 16:1 "now about the collection for God's people: Do what I told the Galatians Churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made."

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Japan is preparing to launch the biggest change in the country's financial regulations, a move designed to encourage the nation's thrifty savers to put more of their US $13trillion in personal assets into stocks and bonds. The Financial Instruments Exchange Law-FIEL lays out structures for registration and marketing of Hedge Funds, Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds to investors...- Yuka Hayashi, Wall Street Journal1 Corinthians 3:7-9 "The ones who do the planting or watering aren't important, but God is important because He is the one who makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose. Yet they will be rewarded individually, according to their own hard work. We work together as partners who belong to God. You are God's field, God's building-not ours."

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The Philippine Stock Exchange's Annual Value turnover in the first nine months hit a record Pesos 1 Trillion- a landmark in the PSE's 80 year history...- Francis Lim, PSE President Matthew 13:31 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants and grows into a tree where birds can come and find shelter in its branches."

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Oh what a beautiful morning!...-Andy Reyes Psalm 69:32 "The humble will see

their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God's help live in joy."

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GOOD PEOPLE are like the wind, can't see what's inside their hearts, but you can always feel their goodness & sincerity...- Art Lazatin .... John 15:5-8 "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing."

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Men do not decide whether they will worship or not, they only decide on who they will worship-John MacArthur Exodus 20:5,6 "You must never worship or bow down to other Gods, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any other god. I do not leave unpunished the sins of those who hate me, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations. But I lavish My love on those who love Me and obey My commands, even for a thousand generations."