Al’s Quotes and Quips for July

• “If you don’t know that something cannot be done, that is the first step in getting it done.”
• “I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them. And while you’re down there, thank God for grace and mercy and understanding.” (Denzel Washington, quoted from Movie to Movement).
• “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”  (Pablo Picasso)
• “If you don’t feel that you haven’t read enough, you haven’t read enough.” (Nassim Nicholas Taleb, quoted in TheBrowser.com)
• “If you think people are inherently good, get rid of the police for 24 hours—see what happens.” (Sylvester Stallone, quoted in the Montreal Gazette)
• “Respect your efforts, respect yourself.  Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” (Clint Eastwood)
• “Children need models more than they need critics.” (Joseph Joubert, quoted in the United Press International). 

QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.” (Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, in The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden (N.Y.: Modern Library), p. 258.  Thomas Jefferson wrote those words in 1781, but they are just as applicable to us today.