Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.

If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles in the backside, you wouldn't be able to sit down for two weeks.

Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; sometimes He, Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me In weary ways, where heavy shadows be. And "by still waters" ? No, not always so; Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow, And o'er my soul the waves and billows go. But when the storm beats loudest, and I cry Aloud for help, the Master standeth by, And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I." So, where He leads me, I can safely go, And in the blest hereafter I shall know Why, in His wisdom, He hath led me so. ... Anonymous July 24, 1998 Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 If thou shalt remain faithful and zealous in labour, doubt not that God shall be faithful and bountiful in rewarding thee. It is thy duty to have a good hope that thou wilt attain the victory: but thou must not fall into security lest thou become slothful or lifted up.

Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

A very merry, dancing, drinking, Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

The Belly and the Members The members of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, Why should we be perpetually engaged in administering to your wants, while you do nothing but take your rest, and enjoy yourself in luxury and self-indulgence?' The Members carried out their resolve and refused their assistance to the Belly. The whole Body quickly became debilitated, and the hands, feet, mouth, and eyes, when too late, repented of their folly.

"’Go ye’ is as much a part of Christ's Gospel as ‘Come unto Me.’ You are not even a Christian until you have honestly faced your responsibility in regard to the carrying of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. J. Stuart Holden).

It is a small world, but I wouldn't like to have to paint it.

Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to reveal it.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side ;of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

If I live to grow old, as I find I go down, Let this be my fate in a country town; May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate, And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate. May I govern my passions with an absolute sway, Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away, Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay. - Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,

Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did.

You know how to win victory, Hannibal, you do not how to use it

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

"As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup".