QUOTE for the day

[Behold]

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

 

[Matthias]

“Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devil never fell into that vice.” - G.K. Chesterton

 

[Matthias]

“Sin cannot be removed by your tears or by your deeds.” - C.H. Spurgeon

 

[JustMe]

When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself. Most of our mainline Christian denominations, in my opinion, don't do the first or second halves very well. We don't really give people a good container, we give them a bunch of legalisms.

Richard Rohr

 

[Matthias]

“The greatest honor that can happen to you is to be a member of the household of God.” - C.H. Spurgeon

 

[Behold]

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

 

[Behold]

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

 

[Behold]

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

 

[Matthias]

“If God gives you a few more years, remember, it is not yours. Your time must honor God, your home must honor God, your activity must honor God, and everything you do must honor God.” - A.W. Tozer

 

[Lambano]

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Or as my first manager told me, "Lambano, don't be afraid of making a mistake. The guy who never makes a mistake ain't doin' $#*!."

A much pithier quote, most memorably delivered in Larry's Alabama drawl.

(Just reminiscing about my career as retirement approaches.)

 

[Behold]

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.

 

[Matthias]

“When somebody says, ‘With all due respect,’ prepare to be disrespected.” - Michael J. Svigel

 

[Behold]

Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

 

[Behold]

If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.

 

[Behold]

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

 

[Behold]

Courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.

 

[Behold]

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect

 

[Behold]

Choose to make the rest of your life the best of your life

 

[Matthias]

“If I find myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” - C.S. Lewis

 

[Matthias]

“We must let the prophets and apostles sit at the desk and we, seated at their feet, must listen to what they say and not say what they must listen to.” - Martin Luther