December’s Quotes & Quips
I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving and getting ready for a joyous Christmas season. Remember… “Jesus is the reason for the season!” Keep “Christ” in CHRISTmas!
Now here are some quotes and quips for December…
“All quotations are taken out of context.” (Enoch Powell, quoted in the London Times)
“Silent thanksgiving isn’t much use to anyone.”
“Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.” (Horace Smith, of Smith & Wesson fame)
“One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.” (Benvenuto Cellini, quoted in United Press International)
“I never learned anything while I was talking.” (Larry King, quoted in Reader’s Digest)
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.” (General George S. Patton)
“The only totally consistent people are the dead.”
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” (Oscar Wilde, quoted in Salon.com)
“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.” (Douglas MacArthur, quoted in the Westcoast Fitness Newsletter)
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” (Albert Einstein)
“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” (Roger Bannister, quoted in the Westcoast Fitness Newsletter)
“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion… I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” (Kurt Vonnegut, quoted in Reader’s Digest)
“Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.” (Victor “Brute” rKulak, quoted in The Wall Street Journal)
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” (Colette, quoted in The Montreal Gazette)
“Adventure is not outside the man; it is within.” (George Eliot, quoted in The Associated Press)
“Parenthood is a real spiritual experience—When children are young, a parent clothes the naked… feeds the hungry… and gives drink to the thirsty almost 24 hours a day.”
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “Good is better than evil, because its nicer!” (Pansy Mammy Yokum, quoted in L’il Abner)
Have a Merry Christmas!
