"Cowards die many times before their actual deaths." - Julius Caesar

"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience." - Julius Caesar

"Do not be afraid to suffer. Do not be afraid to be overthrown. It is being cast down and not destroyed; it is being shaken to pieces, and the pieces torn to shreds, that men become men of might." - Henry Ward Beecher

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"True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done." - John Wayne

"Victory belongs to the most persevering." - Napoleon Bonaparte

Q. 60. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified? A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy. Ex. 20:8, 10; Ex. 16:25-28; Neh. 13:15-19, 21-22; Luke 4:16; Acts 20:7; Ps. 92 title; Isa. 66:23; Matt. 12:1-13.

"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives." - Albert Schweitzer

"I resolved never to do anything which I would be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life." - Jonathan Edwards

Q. 50. What is required in the second commandment? A. The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word. Deut. 32:46; Matt. 28:20; Acts 2:42.

Q. 49. Which is the second commandment? A. The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Ex. 20:4-6.

Q. 48. What are we specially taught by these words, before me,” in the first commandment? A. These words, before me,” in the first commandment teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God. Ezek. 8:5-18; Ps. 44:20-21.

"I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet." - Jack London

Today in History "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ...this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom." – Ronald Regan (Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987.)

Q. 47. What is forbidden in the first commandment? A. The first commandment forbiddeth the denying, or not worshipping and glorifying, the true God as God, and our God; and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to him alone. Ps. 14:1; Rom. 1:21; Ps. 81:10-11; Rom. 1:25-26.

"Until you spread your wings you have no idea how far you will fly." - Napoleon Bonaparte

“Rulers have no authority from God to do mischief…As soon as the prince sets himself up above the law, he loses the king in the tyrant. He does to all intents and purpose unking himself…and in such cases has no more right to be obeyed than any inferior officer who acts beyond his commission.” – Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766), ‘A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers’, January 30, 1750

Q. 46. What is required in the first commandment? A. The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God, and to worship and glorify him accordingly. 1 Chr 28:9; Deut. 26:17; Matt. 4:10; Ps. 29:2.