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Quotes
With summer holidays approaching:
A fool wanders; the wise man travels.
A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
On reading: I love to lose myself in other men's minds. Lamb
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
Little children, little sorrows, big children, big sorrows.
Our neighbour's children are always the worst. German proverb
All sunshine makes the desert. Arab proverb
A sportswriter says there are 300 kinds of games played with balls. There are more than that many played with golf balls alone. Anon
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Surprised by Joy
Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar ways, God infuses joy from the surprises of life; the success we were not counting on; the blessing we were not trying after; the strain of music in the midst of drudgery, the beautiful morning picture of sunset glory thrown in as we pass to or from our daily business; the unsought word of encouragement or expression of sympathy. Samuel Longfellow
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The Bible never grows old. Edith Deen
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts. W S Landor
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You may get to the very top of the ladder, and then find it has not been leaning against the right wall. A Raine.
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Anger is just one letter short of danger. Anon
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Angels mean messengers and ministers. Their function is to execute the plan of divine providence, even in earthly things. Thomas Aquinas
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It is difficult to see Jesus when you are in a hurry. Joel Horne
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Hardening of the heart ages people more quickly than hardening of the arteries. Anon
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If we are believers in Jesus Christ, we have already come through the storm of judgement. It happened at the cross. Billy Graham
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Death is not extinguishing the light. It is putting out the lamp, because the dawn has come. Anon
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Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain. M C Bateson
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Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. Thomas Fuller
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The smallest piece of silver which can qualify as a wedding gift is a marmalade spoon. - C W Morton.
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You may not know when you are well off, but the Internal Revenue does.
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A person seldom makes the same mistake twice. Generally it's three times or more.
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Sometimes you can't be sure whether some people are light-hearted or light-headed. Anon
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