“The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot
but just as soon as we get out of it.”
Josh Billings, 1818-1885
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Alternatives
“The absence of alternatives
clears the mind marvelously.”
Henry Kissinger, b. 1923
Important Work
“The important work of moving the world forward
does not wait to be done by perfect men [or women].”
George Eliot, 1819-1880
Lost Confidence
“If I have lost confidence in myself,
I have the universe against me.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
Waiting ‘Round the Bend
“Moon River, wider than a mile,
I’m crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you’re going I’m going your way.”
Audrey Hepburn
What I Love
“I love the rain
Love the way it falls on everything
Its way of turning brown to green
And gray to blue
That’s what I love about rain”
Art Garfunkel
What These Walls Would Say
“If these old walls could speak
Of the things that they remember well,
Stories and faces dearly held,
A couple in love Livin’ week to week,
Rooms full of laughter,
If these walls could speak.”
Amy Grant
If I Could Have the World
“I’d rather be in the palm of Your hand
Though rich or poor I may be
Faith can see right through the circumstance
Sees the forest in spite of the trees
Your grace provides for me”
Alison Krauss
Hear Me Roar
“You can bend but never break me
‘Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
‘Cause you’ve deepened the conviction in my soul”
Helen Reddy and Ray Burton
Thanks, Friends
“My friend is one…who takes me for what I am.”
Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862
The Pursuit
“If we value the pursuit of knowledge,
we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
The free mind is not a barking dog,
to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.”
Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., 1900-1965
Here First
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing.
It was here first.”
Mark Twain, 1835-1910
Opposed Ideas
“The test of a first rate intelligence
is the ability to hold two opposed ideas
in the mind at the same time,
and still retain the ability to function.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
