Favorite Quotes

I love quotes! Here are a few – okay, quite a bit – of my favorite ones.  The newest will be at the top.

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"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment." - Mr. Darcy / Jane Austen


"To God obscenity is not uncovered flesh.  It is exposed intention." - Calvin Miller


"Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse." - Anon. 

"Anyone who says they only have one life to live must not know how to read a book." - Anon.


“My treasures do not clink together or glitter; they gleam in the sun and neigh in the night.” – Anon.

“A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.” – Maya Angelou


“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: “I’m with you kid. Let’s go.” – Maya Angelou

“Even if you are right on track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” – James 1:2-3

“The best way to raise boys is to never look out of the window.” – Carmen (mom’s friend)

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” – John Bunyan

“If I wasn’t smart, I’d be dead.” – Cadvan, from The Naming

“There’s always a platypus.” – Mom

“In His will is our peace.” – Dante Alighieri (on God)

“A soul cannot live without loving…for it was created to love.” – St. Catherine of Siena

“Do not mention Dug to me at this time.” – Alpha, from Up

“If you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to be a terrible warning.” – Anon.

“MUST. CHANGE. ATTITUDE.” – Anon

“With great reputation comes great responsibility.” – Elizabeth Elliot

“A woman’s heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him to find her.” – C.S. Lewis

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Gandhi

“Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!” – Jane Austen

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott

“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.” – Albert Einstein

“When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.” – George Washington

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence – it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” – George Washington

“[A] great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.” – Benjamin Franklin

“We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.” – Abigail Adams

“One who laughs at a scar hasn’t seen a wound.” – Swahili proverb

“Everything has an end, only sausage has two.” – German proverb






(Just so I can upload this, I'm putting it here.)
same with this :)

and this!