Category: Memorable Quotes

October 23, 2009

Liberty and Tyranny

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. -Thomas Jefferson Spoken by someone who knew what he was talking about.

August 13, 2008

Temptations

O how the world to evil allures me! O how my heart is tempted to sin! I must tell Jesus, and He will help me Over the world the vict’ry to win. – Elisha A. Hoffman, “I Must Tell Jesus,” verse 3 A few months ago, during a worship service, I was playing “I Must Tell Jesus” and singing it with the congregation. Now, I […]

July 27, 2008

Proverbs 3:1-6

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the […]

May 7, 2008

Faith

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

October 3, 2007

Wisdom from an old man

One of my favorite lines from the movie Secondhand Lions is spoken by Hub, the character played by Robert Duvall: Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most[…] that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I […]

June 15, 2007

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. —Reinhold Niebuhr What an awesome prayer… I saw this on a “thinking of you” card several months ago and it has stuck with me. I finally looked it up and discovered that it can most likely be attributed to the […]

December 14, 2006

Biblical guidance from The Lord of the Rings

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will […]

March 31, 2006

A great quote by C. S. Lewis

A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell. – C. S. Lewis How true…