Category: Quote of the Week

“The test of character is not ‘hanging in’ when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty and persistence of example when you know no light is coming” – former U.S. Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale

“And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep?” Matthew 12:11-12a (KJV)

“And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.” Exodus 10:3 (KJV)

“The world is crazy and the spiritual culture is lazy. But, like parents that never stop hoping, praying, and trying to be a positive influence for our children, we cannot stop hoping and trying to impact the world in areas of spirituality.” – Boaz Michael

“Compassion is the key to the ultimate survival of our species.” ? Doug Dillon

“No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it’s cherished.” ? Edward St. Aubyn

“We need to be fit and ready for anything that might come our way.” ? Aaron B. Powell, Doomsday Diaries

“We’re all put to the test… but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?” ? David Mamet

“Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.” John 8:28(KJV)

“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” Exodus 3:14 (KJV)

“See, they say it’s ‘survival of the fittest’, but you and I really know that it’s ‘survival of the most heavily armed.” ? Lia Habel, Dearly, Departed

“But part of surviving is being able to move on.” ? Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“One might accept death reasoningly, with every aspect of the conscious mind, but the body was a brute beast that knew nothing of reason.” ? Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky

“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.” ? Robert Fanney, The War of Mists

“Knowing that this is what it means to live. That this love, this need is what drives us to push and fight and build and grow. That as long as there’s hope and love in this world, there will always be the living.” ? Carrie Ryan, The Dark and Hollow Places