Wit and Wisdom Zone
A Collection of Wit and Wisdom for the discerning mind and heart collected by Pastor Karl Bastian.
Every week, read a new encouraging verse from the Bible in our A Word from the Word Zone.
Explore a new related word each week as Pastor Karl encourages you in your ministry in our Encouraging Words Zone.
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Tomorrow
Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off for good. |
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Accomplishment
There can be no great accomplishment without risk. – Neil Armstrong |
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Calculated
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math. |
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Laughter
Go ahead. Take risks. It gives the rest of us something to laugh at. |
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Low Bid
Astronaut John Glenn, while strapped into a space capsule and about to be launched into space, was asked by a reporter, “How do you feel?” The story goes that he replied, “How would you feel strapped to 150,000 parts each supplied by the lowest bidder?” |
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Shots
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. - Wayne Gretzky |
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Skydiving
If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving definitely isn’t for you. - Steven Wright |
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Success
Great successes never come without risks. – Flavius Josephus |
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Axe
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. - Abraham Lincoln |
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Flashlight
A flashlight is a container for storing dead batteries in. |
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