Al’s Quotes & Quips for April
- “I never learned anything while I was talking.” (Larry King, quoted in FastCompany.com)
- “What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” (Charles Bukowski, quoted in The Jersey Journal)
- “The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because small and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to you fear of being hurt.” (Thomas Merton, quoted in Dish.AndrewSullivan.com)
- “Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” (George Washington, quoted in the Orland Sentinel)
- “Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” (Mark Twain)
- “Always be aware that suddenly and unexpectedly, we may find ourselves in a role where our performance has ultimate consequences.” (NASA mission statement—This is true of everyone of us in life, not just astronauts.)
- “Don’t confuse being ‘soft’ with seeing the other guy’s point of view.” (George H.W. Bush, quoted in United Press International)
- “Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.” (G.K. Chesterton, quoted in the Charlottesville, VA, Daily Progress)
- “Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” (Art Linkletter, quoted in the Weekly Economic Update)
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.” (Thomas Jefferson, inscribed at the Jefferson Memorial)
