These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.
id: 454 | source: Mark Twain | tags: Contentment, Success
I have an elderly acquaintance of about eighty, who has lived a life of
unbroken selfishness and self-admiration from the earliest years, and is,
more or less, I regret to say, one of the happiest men I know. From the
moral point of view it is very difficult!...As you perhaps know, I haven't
always been a Christian. I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I
always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make
you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity.
id: 1386 | source: C.S. Lewis, "God in the Dock, Essays on Theology and Ethics" Grand Rapids, Eerdmans 1970 pp.58-59. | tags: Happiness, Religion, Selfishness
"You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war."
If you wish to smell envy in the very air, visit Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Chicago, Berkeley, or Stanford the morning after the Macarthur genius (so-called) grants are announced.