"Would you know how old you were, if you didn't know the day you were born?" — Toby Keith
We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. — President Dwight D. Eisenhower, final address to the nation, January 17 A.D. 1961
There is no creature that is, or can be, to us, in God's stead. God may be to us instead of any creature, as the sun instead of the moon and stars; but the moon and all the stars will not be to us instead of the sun. No creature's wisdom, power, and love, will be to us instead of God's. It is therefore our sin and folly to place any creature in God's stead, and to place that confidence in any creature which is to be placed in God only. — Bible commentator Matthew Henry
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercise for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive…[T]hose who torment us for our own good will torment us withoutend for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. — C.S. Lewis
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it. — Groucho Marx
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." — Steve Jobs
Heaven is not an amusement park on steroids. The Paradise of God, His eternal garden spot, is where His ever blooming glory is on display. The essence of the presently inconceivable bliss of Heaven's redeemed citizens consists in beholding His glory and ceaselessly worshiping and serving their Redeemer in perfect joy.
I don't understand how one can actually have an intellectual discourse in this country if you cannot have the opportunity to read thoughtful people with whom you disagree…the left, as a rule, does not want to hear thoughtful disagreement. — Dean Baquet, former Executive Editor of the New York Times
You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might. — Henry David Thoreau
We're just here to be memories for our kids...once you are a parent, you're the ghost of your children's future — Movie 'Interstellar' (Cooper)
Gun control legislation has shown that law-abiding Americans who own guns are not the problem, because the more gun control laws that have been passed, the more mass shootings have occurred...97.8 percent of mass shootings occur in "gun-free zones,' as the perpetrators know legally armed citizens won't be there to stop them. — Epoch Times article by Joseph Mercola, June 16, 2022
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? — Mark Twain
Optimism is a wish without warrant, Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things will ever actually come. Christian hope expresses knowledge that every day of his life, and every moment beyond it, the believer can say with truth, on the basis of God's own commitment, that the best is yet to come! — J.I. Packer
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