Jide Amoo

I am fearfully and wonderfully made

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GUARD YOUR MOUTH

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few -Ecc 5:2

The spoken word is an arrow let fly - Arabic proverb

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DON'T FORSAKE THE ELDER'S COUNSEL

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him -1 King 12:13

Whoever refuses to listen to the elders will listen to his own experience - African proverb

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LOOK BEYOND APPEARANCES

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment - John 7:24

All that glitters is not gold - English proverb

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GROW THROUGH THE STORM

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee - Isaiah 43:2

The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists - Japanese wisdom

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THEY CAN'T APPRECIATE IT

Don't try to talk sense to a fool; he can't appreciate it -Pro 23:9

Don't waste your time with explanations; people only hear what they want to hear - Anonymous

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DON'T BE LIKE THEM

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he... Pro 23:7

The more we hate someone, the more we think of them. The more we think of them, the more we become like them. That’s how we become what we hate - Anonymous

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WHAT ARE WE BUSY ABOUT?

"... Martha, you're fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing. One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it..."-Luk 10:41-42

It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?- D Thoreau

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BE VIGILANT

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour - 1 Peter 5:8

The hunter who studies only his target may fail to notice the danger approaching from behind - African proverb

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EMBRACE THE SEASONS

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. - Ecclesiastes 3:1

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. - Hal Borland

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RELEASE IT

When I kept it all inside, my bones turned to powder, my words became daylong groans- Psa 32:3

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways -Sigmund Freud

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REACTION MATTERS

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need -Phi 4:12

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it-Charles R. Swindoll

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FEEL THE WEIGHT OF YOUR WORDS

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets -Mat 7:12

Before you say something to someone, always think about how you'd feel if someone told you the same thing - Anonymous

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LET GOD BE YOUR TARGET

My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him - Psa 62:5

It's not people who disappoint us, it's our own expectations of them - Hanna Shebar

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WHY WE ENDURE

"looking unto Jesus, ... who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God -Heb 12:2

He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how - Friedrich Nietzsche

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THE ONLY METRIC THAT COUNTS

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love -Gal 5:6

What is done in love is done well - Vincent Van Gogh

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DON'T FOOL YOURSELF

For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself - Gal 6:3

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool - Richard P. Feynman

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THE STANDARD OF MERCY

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment - James 2:13

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves - Abraham Lincoln

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FREEDOM IS SELF-CONTROL

A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls -Pro 25:28

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves - Virginia Woolf

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THE LAW OF ASSOCIATION

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm - Pro 13:20

If you talk to 2 idiots, you will be the third. Surround yourself only with people who will lift you up - Anonymous

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THE HIGHEST FORM OF IGNORANCE

He who answers before listening--that is his folly and his shame - Pro 18:13

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about - Wayne Dyer