Al’s Quotes and Quips for April Here are some more quotes from the margins and fly-leaf of my old Bible I used as student in Bible College (1969-1974). “If any say, ‘This is difficult,’ let such know that Christians must do difficult things. Every bungler can make good work from good timber, but he that …
Here some quotes I found in the fly-leaf of one of my old Bibles I used while in Bible College in the early 1970’s. Most of these quotes are by men who are now in heaven. “If it were not for the last minute, hardly anything would get done.” “It is better to aim at …
People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” (Dagobert D. Runes, quoted in The Village Voice) “Saving is a very fine thing. Especially if your parents have done it for you.” (Winston Churchill, quoted in the Cardiff, U.K. Western Mail) “Even the right decision is the wrong decision …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for December “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” (William Faulkner, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com) “When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” (Gilbert Keith …
If life were predictable it would cease to be life
“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 …