"God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies."

“I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question, From how deep and true an impulse did it spring? Was it written merely to shock? Only to make money? Or was it written to create something more perfect and more lasting than the life experience from which it came?”

Source : Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr

“If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play”

Source : "This time it's for Rio" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2006.

“Adaptability to change is itself a hallmark of successful education.”

“I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.”

“How in the world was I alone? Because I wanted to be. That's all I can say. It's all that makes sense to me.”

“I'm never as happy as when I'm pregnant. I literally would have 10 babies if I could!”

“How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.”

Source : David Wilkerson (2012). “God Is Faithful: A Daily Invitation into the Father Heart of God”, p.247, Baker Books

“It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.”