QUOTES & QUIPS FOR FEBRUARY…
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” (Howard Zinn)
“Politicians will always spend every penny of tax raised, and whatever else they can get away with.” (Milton Friedman)
If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. (William Penn, quoted in Sermon Fodder)
“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.” (Will Rogers, quoted in the Shreveport, LA., Times)
“Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds— All they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.” (Edward Everett Hale, quoted in the Boulder, Colorado Weekly)
“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 the Chicago Sun-Times)
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports… Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are instruments of investigation in courts of justice? ” (George Washington)
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” (James Allen)
“The respect of those you respect is worth more than the applause of the multitude.” (Arnold Glasow, quoted in TheWallStreetJournal.com)
“The reason it is easy to remember pain than it is to remember kindness is because kindness leaves no scar.”
“In all crises of human affairs there are two broad courses open to a man—He can stay where he is or move on elsewhere.” (P.G. Wodehouse, quoted in First Things)
“Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.” (Phyllis Theroux, quoted in the Montreal Gazette)
“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” (Henry Ford)
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “A leader’s got to understand, the culture that you develop is not about you. Organizations fail too often when the leader becomes the center of the whole organization. Your church succeeds because you recognize you’re serving something greater than yourself.” (Former President George W. Bush being interviewed by Pastor Rick Warren on Nov. 29, 2010, quoted in the Pastor’s Weekly Briefing).
