Favorite Quotes

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God 
-Corrie Ten Boom


The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. 
-Mark Twain


It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. 
-J. R. R. Tolkien


"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." 
-Albert Einstein 


“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough” 
-Albert Einstein


"Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived." 
-Captain Jean-Luc Picard


A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. 
-C. S. Lewis


Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. 
-C. S. Lewis



Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. 
-Theodore Roosevelt



“Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground” 
-Noah Webster



"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science." 
-Edwin Hubble



Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. 
-Martin Luther King Jr. 



A smooth sea never made skilled mariner. 
-English Proverb



"We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right." 
-Ravi Zacharias



Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. 
-Sherlock Holmes 



I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. 
-Galileo Galilei


Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. 
-Plato


God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. 
-John Piper



There's a difference between working hard and working smart. Recognize there is a difference, and then strive to do both!  The things in life that are the most difficult to achieve are the most satisfying things to see accomplished - so don't deny yourself the satisfaction of accomplishment by shying away from hard work.
-my father