Madame had repeatedly heard Harriet described as "clever." In her own view, the girl was something rare and more interesting: good. - Eva Ibbotson
Well, I can't say he's ugly, because he is so hot! - A certain Hungarian young lady
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light within. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Now that I have seen, I am responsible. - Brooke Fraser
The message is that God loves man passionately. That one moment with God is worth death. He gave His own life for nothing less. - Ted Dekker
'There is no use trying,' said Alice. 'One can't believe impossible things.'
'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half and hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'
- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun? - Katharine Graham, publisher, The Washington Post
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away. - Elvis Presley
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. - Henry Ford
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. - Helen Keller
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. - Dolly Parton
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo
"God doesn't say, 'I told you so.'"
In the midst of our dark and foggy times, all sorts of voices are shouting orders into the night, telling us what to do, how to adjust our lives. Out of the darkness, one voice signals something quote opposite tot he rest - something almost absurd. But the voice happens to be the Light of the World, and we ignore it at our peril. - Paul Aiello Jr.
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. - G.K. Chesterton
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?...God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. - Hebrews 12:7,10
The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. - Author Unknown
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill
"A woman is like a teabag - you don't know her strength until she's in hot water." - Nancy Reagan
"If I feel depressed, I go to work." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"If we find outselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that were were made for another world." - C. S. Lewis
"When the walls fall all around you, when your hope has turned to dust, let the sound of love surround you, beat like a heart in each of us." -Sugarland
"Someone asked, 'Will the heathen who have never heard the Gospel be saved?' It is more a question with me whether we - who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not - can be saved." - Charles Spurgeon
"God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He has an inexhaustible enthusiams for the supremacy of His name among the nations. Therefore, let us bring our affections into line with His, and, for the sake of His name, let us renounce the quest for worldly comforts and join His global purpose." - John Piper
"Sympathy is no substitute for action." - David Livingstone
"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." - Calvin Coolidge
"Continue along the path you have already been traveling. Persist in your calling until you are clearly told to do something else. ...Then go with a confident heart." - F. B. Meyer, taken from Streams in the Desert
I am who Jesus says I am.
"The comfort we have from Christ's revealed truth is not that it teaches us freedom from sorrow but that it teaches us freedom through sorrow...Knowing this, I will not be hurt by sorrow, if I will only walk in the fire." - George Matheson, from Streams in the Desert
"There is, however, something even better than realizing [God's presence], and even more blessed. ... It is this: recognizing that unseen presence, which is so wonderful, quieting, soothing, calming, and warming. Sorecognize the presence of the Master. He is here, close to you, and His presence is real. Recognizing will also help your ability to realize but is never dependent upon it." - Samuel Dickey Gordon, from Streams in the Desert
"There is, however, something even better than realizing [God's presence], and even more blessed. ... It is this: recognizing that unseen presence, which is so wonderful, quieting, soothing, calming, and warming. Sorecognize the presence of the Master. He is here, close to you, and His presence is real. Recognizing will also help your ability to realize but is never dependent upon it." - Samuel Dickey Gordon, from Streams in the Desert
