Al’s Quotes & Quips for July
- “Life must be lived forwards, but can only be understood backwards.” (Soren Kierkegaard, quoted in TheAtlantic.com)
- “A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” (Jack London, quoted in First post.com)
- “Bad times don’t last, but good men do.” (Lloyd McClendon, Seattle Mariners manager)
- “A parent knows success when his child turns out better than he did.” (Joe Biden, quoted in The Washington Post)
- “I’m not young enough to know everything.” (Oscar Wilde, quoted in the Las Vegas Sun)
- “The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh.” (Amy Schumer, quoted in VanityFair.com)
- “Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.” (Tina Fey, quoted in HuffingtonPost.co.uk)
- “Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.” (Dan Stanford, quoted in Reader’s Digest)
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: In an article called “Shall We Do Away with the Church?” that appeared in Ladies’ Home Journal in 1917, former President Theodore Roosevelt addressed the importance of regular church attendance. He wrote, “I know all the excuses; I know that one can worship the Creator and dedicate oneself to good living in a grove of trees or by a running brook or in one’s own house just as well as in a church, but I also know that as a matter of cold fact, the average man does not worship or thus dedicate himself. If he stays away from church he does not spend his time in good works or in lofty meditation.”
