_Myths

The wicked pursue only rebellion, and a merciless messenger is sent against them. + Book of Proverbs 17, 11 [17:11] The irony is that such people will meet up with what they so energetically pursue—in the form of an unrelenting emissary sent to them. http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Whoever overlooks an offense fosters friendship, but whoever gossips about it separates friends. + Book of Proverbs 17, 9 [17:9] A paradox. One finds (love, friend) by concealing (an offense), one loses (a friend) by revealing (a secret). In 10:12 love also covers over a multitude of offenses. http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Whoever mocks the poor reviles their Maker; whoever rejoices in their misfortune will not go unpunished. + Book of Proverbs 17, 5

Bog govori: pomozi si sam, pomoci cu ti. Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves. - Croatian Proverb Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1994). Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 0415096243.

Ако сам не си помогнеш, и господ не може да ти помогне Translation: If you don't help yourself, even God cannot help you. Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves. - Bulgarian Proverb Khileva, Stela (1998). Obrechenata: roman. Zhazhda. p. 40. Proverbs from all Bulgarian speaking parts of the world. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bulgarian_proverbs

Advice to Presbyters. Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly. Do not lord it over those assigned to you, but be examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. + 1 Peter 5,2-4 http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/ http://www.usccb.org/bible/1peter/5

The Mustard Seed It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade. + Gospel of Mark 4,31-32 http://www.usccb.org/bible/mark/4

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. - Satchel Paige (1906-1982)

Call on God, but row away from the rocks. - Indian Proverb