Category: Quote of the Week

“Relax. They’re not going to kill us. They’re going to TRY and kill us. And that is a very different thing.” ? Steve Voake, The Dreamwalker’s Child

“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” – Isaiah 62:6-7 (KJV)

“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.” Genesis 32:28 (KJV)

“As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.” ? Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.” ? Sherman Alexie

“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It’s growing out of sour earth. And it’s strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.” ? Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.” ? Sun Tzu

“Tough times don’t last, tough people do, remember?” ? Gregory Peck

“And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: and lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:16-17 (KJV)

“And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.” Genesis 28:15 (KJV)

“Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.” ? Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” ? Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“Your fear is 100% dependent on you for its survival.” ? Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.” ? Mahatma Gandhi

File Under Hypocrisy 101: “I taught Constitutional Law for 10 years. I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m president of the United States of America.” – Presidential Candidate Barack Hussein Obama in March, 2008