26 November 2007
“A person may become very wise, and fill his mind with many things, and put in all his time and learning, yet there still remains something unsatisfied until he finds God.”
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“It is better to close one’s mouth and appear stupid, than open it and remove all doubt.” – Mark Twain
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“Forgiveness is better than revenge; for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.” – Epicetus
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“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it, than we do from learning the answer itself.” – Lloyd Alexander
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“Home is the grandest of all institutions.” – C. H. Spurgeon
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“I have not failed anything 10,000 times. I have sucessfully found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” – Thomas Edison
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“I’m not sayin’ she was silly. I’m just sayin’ that one of us was silly–and it wasn’t me.” – Squire Hamley (from Wives and Daughters)
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“Good books are not written; they are rewritten.” – Phyllis Whitney
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“She who makes a good home, where others are encouraged and strengthened, she who is ready to speak a kind and encouraging word to those in need, she who keeps up a humble and quiet everyday service to God is glorifying Him just as much as those who go on special missions.”
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“In great attempts it is glorious to fail.” – Cassius
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“Humility draws the gaze of our Sovereign God.” – John Piper
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“When you reach for the stars, you may not quite reach one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud either.” – Leo Burnett
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“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” – Theodore Roosevelt
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“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.”
