Quotes that lead and support
by Miki SaxonIt’s not my fault that this post is so late. After all that talk about procrastination I thought it was about time that I knocked a few of the repeater items off the list for awhile—stuff like vacuuming, dusting, etc. Egad, I actually fixed my pants—not because I mentioned it yesterday, but because it got cold.These were supposed to be food for Sunday thought, so you’ll have to find some other time to mull on them.
- When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as thought you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. –Harriet Beecher Stowe
- A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water. –Eleanor Roosevelt
What is the favorite quote that keeps you going?
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January 20th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
“When you’re first, you get to be the leader.”
– Andy Stanley
January 20th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Good one, Casey:)
January 20th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.
It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
My mind is my own church.
Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to “bind me in all cases whatsoever” to his absolute will, am I to suffer it?
-Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 1, December 19, 1776
January 21st, 2008 at 8:06 am
Ran across this one just today:
“A really great man is known by three signs… generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.”
–Otto von Bismarck
January 21st, 2008 at 8:34 am
KG, Great quote from the days when we had statesmen rather than politicians and one that really resonates with me.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:39 am
Ron, Good yardstick. Using the quote that way sure makes ‘great’ and ‘politician’ an oxymoron, same for most heads of state and business. Sad, isn’t it.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:58 am
“Develop the strength to take bold action, not the strength to endure suffering.”
“The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.”