Remember that little book of quotes and proverbs that I mentioned in this post? Well, I dug it up yesterday, and besides the difficulty of deciphering my own handwriting, I was reminded why I loved collecting quotes so much! I love the power of words, and how a simple turn of a phrase can carry so much weight. Here are some favorites:
"Patience is a bitter plant that has a sweet fruit." - German Proverb
"Truth exists; only lies are invented." - George Baroque
"Love looks with the mind, and not with the eyes." - from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare
"He gives too late, who waits to be asked." - Latin Proverb
"The measure of a man's character is what he would do, if he knew he would never be found out." - Baron Thomas Babington Maucaly
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I may look up, see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they live." - Louisa May Alcott
"The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith; and the beginning of faith is the end of anxiety." - George Muller
"Beware of despairing about yourself! You are commanded to put your trust in God, not yourself!" - St. Augustine
"The influence of a good mother is worth more then a thousand school masters." - George Herbert
"Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest Saint upon his knees." - Unknown
"As unto the bow, the cord is,
So unto man is woman;
Though she bends him, she obeys him;
Though she draws him; yet she follows;
Useless each without the other."
- from 'The Song of Hiawatha' by H.W. Longfellow
"The greatest cross, is self." - Unknown
"Delays are not denials." - Dr. Wayland Hoyt
"The true measure of loving is to love without measure." - St. Bernard
"Life is a long lesson in Humility." - James Barrie
"A woman is not born a woman. Nor does she become a woman when she marries a man, bears a child and does their dirty laundry; not even when she joins a woman's liberation movement. A woman becomes a woman when she becomes who God wants her to be." - Kenneth G. Smith
"Do great things for God; attempt great things for God." - William Carey, missionary
"I have seen in the morning sun the smoke of a thousand villages where no missionary has ever been." - Robert Moffet, missionary
"I do not regret leaving home and friends. If I had to do it over, I would do it with more pleasure - yes, with all my heart!" - Mrs. Mary Robert Paton, missionary martyr
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." - John Cheney
"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails." - Donna Roberts
"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears or the ocean." - Isak Dinesen
"We have a God who delights in impossibilities and who asks, 'Is anything too hard for Me?'" - Andrew Murray
Yes, that's "a few" of my favorites. I really need to keep collecting them...I still have a lot of empty pages left in my book... :)
"Patience is a bitter plant that has a sweet fruit." - German Proverb
"Truth exists; only lies are invented." - George Baroque
"Love looks with the mind, and not with the eyes." - from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare
"He gives too late, who waits to be asked." - Latin Proverb
"The measure of a man's character is what he would do, if he knew he would never be found out." - Baron Thomas Babington Maucaly
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I may look up, see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they live." - Louisa May Alcott
"The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith; and the beginning of faith is the end of anxiety." - George Muller
"Beware of despairing about yourself! You are commanded to put your trust in God, not yourself!" - St. Augustine
"The influence of a good mother is worth more then a thousand school masters." - George Herbert
"Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest Saint upon his knees." - Unknown
"As unto the bow, the cord is,
So unto man is woman;
Though she bends him, she obeys him;
Though she draws him; yet she follows;
Useless each without the other."
- from 'The Song of Hiawatha' by H.W. Longfellow
"The greatest cross, is self." - Unknown
"Delays are not denials." - Dr. Wayland Hoyt
"The true measure of loving is to love without measure." - St. Bernard
"Life is a long lesson in Humility." - James Barrie
"A woman is not born a woman. Nor does she become a woman when she marries a man, bears a child and does their dirty laundry; not even when she joins a woman's liberation movement. A woman becomes a woman when she becomes who God wants her to be." - Kenneth G. Smith
"Do great things for God; attempt great things for God." - William Carey, missionary
"I have seen in the morning sun the smoke of a thousand villages where no missionary has ever been." - Robert Moffet, missionary
"I do not regret leaving home and friends. If I had to do it over, I would do it with more pleasure - yes, with all my heart!" - Mrs. Mary Robert Paton, missionary martyr
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." - John Cheney
"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails." - Donna Roberts
"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears or the ocean." - Isak Dinesen
"We have a God who delights in impossibilities and who asks, 'Is anything too hard for Me?'" - Andrew Murray
Yes, that's "a few" of my favorites. I really need to keep collecting them...I still have a lot of empty pages left in my book... :)
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