Al’s Quotes & Quips for December
- “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” (David G. Allen)
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” (Steve Jobs)
- “Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” (William Penn, quoted in United Press International)
- “Music expresses that which cannot be said and which cannot remain silent.” (Victor Hugo, quoted in the Associated Press)
- “There’s a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weaknesses, but of power. They speak more eloquently than 10,000 tongues.” (Washington Irving, quoted in the Park Rapids, Minn., Enterprise)
- “A man may take a drink because he feels he is a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks.” (George Orwell, quoted in the Los Angeles Times)
- “Have no fear of perfection—You’ll never reach it.” (Salvador Dali, quoted in NPR.org)
- “The time to make up your mind about people is never.” (the late, Mike Nichols, quoted on ABC News) [NOTE: So true. People can change for the the better, or for the worse. AH]
- “Jealousy is the tribute that mediocrity pays to greatness.” (Jack Hyles, quoted in With Love and a Pinch of Salt)
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: Fatherhood has changed actor, Matthew McConaughey. Since becoming a dad he recognizes: “Never is a man more of a man than when he is a father of a newborn.” He also began attending church. He said, “You know what? That was important to my childhood. I noticed how much I missed it and needed it.” So he and his family now attend a nondenominational Christian church every Sunday. He further said, “It’s a time for me to take inventory, to look at what’s in the future and say my thank-you and think about what I can work on to do better.” [Amen, Matthew! Good for you! AH] (Quoted in The Week, Nov. 14, 2014, p. 8)
P.S. Also check out Matthew’s stand on Biblical Marriage at this LINK: http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/famous-actor-matthew-mcconaughey-takes-bold-stand/
