Quotes

My concern is not that God is on man’s side but that we are on God’s side for God is always right. – Abraham Lincoln

Show me, O LORD, my life's end
   and the number of my days;
   let me know how fleeting is my life.
You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
   the span of my years is as nothing before you.
   Each man's life is but a breath. Psalm 39:4-5 NIV

What has been will be again,
   what has been done will be done again;
   there is nothing new under the sun. Ecc. 1:9 NIV

Possessiveness always ends by destroying what it tries to protect – Leo Buscaglia

Life’s greatest tragedy is to lose God and not to miss Him – F.W. Norwood

When it comes time to die make sure all you have to do is die – Jim Elliot

Oh Lord, deliver me from this lust of always vindicating myself – St. Augustine

Being powerful is like being ladylike. If you have to tell people you are you usually aren’t. - Margaret Thatcher

Flirtation is attention without intention – Louise Kramer

I wasn’t happy in Arizona. I wasn’t happy in Shreveport, LA. I thought, "I might as well be unhappy in paradise." – Robby of Puerto Vallarta

It is easier to mold boys and girls than to mend men and women – S. Truet Cathy (Founder and Chairman of Chick-Fil-A)

Books

Excerpts from A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place.

Then I feel, Harry, that I have given away my whole soul to someone who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer's day.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

Movies and TV

What do women do while waiting for their ideal man? They get married. - Movie Sin Dejar Huella.

The Simpsons
Newspaper Editor: We’re looking for a new food editor. One who doesn’t pooh-pooh every piece of food he critiques.
Homer Simpson: Oh, I don’t do that. At least not until a couple hours later.

Sayings

Relish today, ketchup tomorrow.

A great idea without implementation is worthless.

Better is a small thing done than a big thing talked about.

The most disastrous failure in life is success with God left out.

Show me the most beautiful woman in the world and I’ll show you a man who is tired of sleeping with her.

Reject religion, embrace Jesus – T-shirt saying

He’s not Mr. Right, he’s Mr. Right now.

Korah Winn