Al’s Quotes and Quips for May
- “The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it… If you can’t ignore it, top it… If you can’t top it, laugh at it… If you can’t laugh at it, you probably deserve it!” (Russell Lynes, quote in the Associated Press)
- “Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” (Malachi McCourt, quoted in the London Guardian)
- “Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.” (Jules Renard, quoted in the Columbia, MO, Daily Tribune)
- “Vote for the man who promises least—He’ll be the least disappointing.” (Bernard Baruch, quoted in the Montreal Gazette)
- “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” (C.S. Lewis, quoted in the Brunswick, Ga, News)
- “Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.” (Henri Bergson, quoted in the Springfield, Ill., State Journal-Register)
- “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is a process. Working together is success.” (Henry Ford, quoted in The Baptist Voice)
- “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” (Frederick Koenig)
- “A compliment is like perfume, it is to be snuffed not swallowed.” (Bob Jones, Sr.)
- “Egotism is the hypodermic that God allows a man to use on himself to deaden the pain of being a fool.” (Dr. Peter S. Ruckman)
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “Must everything in our world be predigested? Does the Bible have to be reduced to pablum? I refuse to believe that modern man, who has split the atom and is exploring space, is unable to cope with the grandeur and glory of the King James Version.” (Winston Churchhill, quoted in Is Our English Bible Inspired?)
