This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

When placed in God's hands, life is like a chocolate cake: Take something bitter, something dry, something wet, and a little bit of leaven, mix well, and let it bake someplace hot. The result is something sweet.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

All I know is what I read in the papers.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.

If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933 The neglect of the spiritual cannot be laid directly at the door of advertising. It may be better laid at the door of the church [that] has failed to preach the God of the Bible, heaven and hell, repentance, faith, and eternal life. It can be argued that a society only gets the advertising it deserves. Yet the power to commend certain patterns of spending behaviour to millions with regularity is an open invitation to orchestrate the covetousness, envy, lust, and desire to dominate, which lie in the heart of sinful man.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize, Who never wanted a good word-- From those who spoke her praise.

Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. -M. Scott Peck.

A daddy was listening to his child say his prayer "Dear Harold," ........ At this, dad interrupted and said, "Wait a minute, "How come you called God, Harold? The little boy looked up and said, "That's what they call Him in church. You know the prayer we say, "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Harold be Thy name.".

Great as the preparations were for the dinner, everything was so contrived that not a soul in the house should be kept from the morning service of Thanksgiving in the church.

The soft blue sky did never melt Into his heart; he never felt The witching of the soft blue sky!