Al’s Quotes and Quips for September
- “Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.” (Hayley Williams)
- “Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.” (Will Rogers)
- “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” (Douglas Adams, quoted in The Wall Street Journal)
- “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.”
- “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” (Og Mandino, quoted in the Weekly Economic Update)
- “We cannot depend upon parentage. Grace does not run in the blood. The best of men have had the worst of children.” (C.H. Spurgeon)
- “If you don’t understand how a woman could both lover her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.” (Linda Sunshine, quoted in BookReporter.com)
- “Time is priceless. You can’t keep it—you must redeem it. Once you’ve lost it, you cannot get it back. Therefore, spend it wisely.” (A modified quote of Harvey MacKay)
- “Everyone wants to live on the top of the mountain, but happiness and growth occur while you are climbing it.” (Andy Rooney, quoted in the Knoxville, Tenn., News Sentinel)
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: In J.R.R. Tolkien’s book The Hobbit, Gandalf explains why he has selected a small hobbit like Bilbo to accompany the dwarves to fight the enemy. He says, “Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” [Amen! A.H.]
