your favorite quote

[mesue]

One of many from Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

 

[Mela'h]

"A man is no fool, who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"

Jim Elliott-missionary martyred while ministering to the Alka Indians

I love this quote.....it always gives me goosebumps.

 

[kelco]

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So shines a good deed in a weary world.
~William Shakespeare
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[worldwatcher]

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked"
~Bernard Meltzer~

 

[worldwatcher]

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross~

 

[maxmerc]

"Confident, cocky, sloppy, dead." From the Otherland series of books by Tad Williams

"You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd." Roger Miller

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." the character Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love, by Robert Heinlein

 

[~A.Pure.Heart~]

Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.
Lord Chesterfield ​

 

[Mela'h]

"Confident, cocky, sloppy, dead." From the Otherland series of books by Tad Williams

Ha! I remember those words from the series!!!! Those were great books and got me hooked on Tad Williams - I've read every thing from him that I could get my hands on

 

[~A.Pure.Heart~]

Never apologize for showing feeling.
When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
Benjamin Disraeli​

 

[Theofilus]

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

Abraham Lincoln

 

[Mela'h]

I don't care how rotten or lowdown they are. We're all in the same boat.

Irvin Judd (prison minister)

 

[kelco]

The "least of my brethren" are the hungry and the lonely, not only for food, but for the Word of God; the thirsty and the ignorant not only for water, but also for knowledge, peace, truth, justice and love; the naked and the unloved, not only for clothes but also for human dignity; the unwanted; the unborn child; the racially discriminated against; the homeless and abandoned, not only for a shelter made of bricks, but for a heart that understands, that covers, that loves; the sick, the dying destitutes, and the captives, not only in body, but also in mind and spirit; all those who have lost all hope and faith in life; the alcoholics and dying addicts and all those who have lost God (for them God was but God is) and who have lost all hope in the power of the Spirit.

Mother Teresa, The Simple Path

 

[TabCat]

I try to watch the words I speak
and keep them soft and sweet
For I don't know from day to day
which ones I'll have to eat.

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[tryme]

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame. - [size=-1]Lydia M. Child[/size]

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance;
the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore. - [size=-1]Robert J. Sawyer[/size]

If one speaks or acts with a cruel mind, misery follows, as the cart follows the horse...
If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows, as a shadow follows its source. - [size=-1]the Dhammapada[/size]

We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes. - [size=-1]Randy K. Milholland[/size]

 

[edie19]

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame. - [size=-1]Lydia M. Child[/size]

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance;
the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore. - [size=-1]Robert J. Sawyer[/size]

If one speaks or acts with a cruel mind, misery follows, as the cart follows the horse...
If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows, as a shadow follows its source. - [size=-1]the Dhammapada[/size]

We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes. - [size=-1]Randy K. Milholland[/size]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to magnify again.

Maggie,

All terrific quotes - thanks for sharing.

edie

 

[tryme]

Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant;
but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
Indian Proverb

Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.
The Mishnah

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
Barbra Streisand

Energy is eternal delight.
William Blake

 

[edie19]

hanging on the wall in my office:


The Only Things You Need to Remember to be Successful

1. Do what is right and avoid what is wrong

2. Treat other people the way you would like to be treated

3. Always do the very best you can do

4. Keep in touch with God

Robert Savage (a local businessman)
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[worldwatcher]

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
Hamilton Wright Mabi

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.
Helen Steiner Rice

From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.
Emily Matthews

was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless Us, Every One!".
Charles Dickens

 

[tryme]

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Martin Fraquhar Tupper

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
Anais Nin

Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.
Sir William Osler

Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.
Cecil B. DeMille

 

[Theofilus]

I'm delighted to be here with the men and women of the Wilson Center. According to your mission statement, the center was created to bring together two groups: political leaders and scholars. I see some of the political leaders who are here, and I presume you've invited me to uphold the scholars' end. - George W. Bush