"Why do some people fall out of activity . . . for the same reason that they fall out of bed . . . they are not far enough in it."

-- Jacob de Jager

#Fall Quotes #People Quotes #Bed Quotes

“To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God. To linger in His presence, to shut out the noise of the city and, in quietness, give Him the praise He deserves. Before we engage ourselves in His work, let's meet Him in His Word... in prayer... in worship.”
“What they will try to do is get symbolic victories. Symbolism is important to them. They have little else. But they will strike, I believe, at centers of media, of financial, of American power, of American culture; and that is where we should place our bet.”
“After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.”
“Is there nothing to sing about to-day? Then borrow a song from tomorrow; sing of what is yet to be. Is this world dreary? Then think of the next.”
“I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.”

Source : "I still haven't written the best I can" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.
“I said to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, 'You realize that's the first time anybody associated with the league has made that connection?' And I remember, he was a litttle... annoyed. He was annoyed.”
“But it takes so little to help people, and people really do help each other, even people with very little themselves. And itâ€™s not just about second chances. Most people deserve an endless number of chances.”
“We should take care, in inculcating patriotism into our boys and girls, that is a patriotism above the narrow sentiment which usually stops at one's country, and thus inspires jealousy and enmity in dealing with others... Our patriotism should be of the wider, nobler kind which recognises justice and reasonableness in the claims of others and which lead our country into comradeship with...the other nations of the world.”

You may also like: