14 October 2011
”Every woman, whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a certain amount of power for good or harm. Every woman by her virtue or her vice, by her wisdom or her folly, by her dignity or her levity is adding something to our national elevation or degradation.” —John Angell James
9 March 2009
“The more of Christ that a people enjoy, the happier are they.” – Samuel Willard
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” – Samuel Adams
“Consider that no sin against a great God can be strictly a little sin.” – Ralph Venning
“Mr. Rogers, I like you and your company very well, but you are so precise.” To which the Puritan preacher replied, “O Sir, I serve a precise God.”
“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
“Were earthy comforts permanent, who would look for heavenly?” – Anne Bradstreet
13 January 2009
Winston Churchill was the British statesman and leader who God used to lead the United Kingdom during World War II. He was quite a witty gentleman, below are a few of his quotes.
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
“From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.”
“I’m just preparing my impromptu remarks.”
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.”
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.”
