Category: Quote of the Day

"The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose." – Sir Edward Coke, English Jurist

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:8-10 (KJV)

“In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain? For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain …

“I don’t subscribe to coincidence, Corporal. I believe that, no matter how random things might appear, there’s still a plan.” – Liam Neeson as Col. Hannibal Smith, The A-Team. (Screenplay by Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom and Skip Woods)

“If you are a warrior who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be “on” 24/7 for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself… ‘Baa.’ “- LTC David A. Grossman, “On Combat“, 2004

“Live every day as if it is your last, for one day you’re sure to be right.” – Edward Woodward, portraying Harry Harbord Morant, in the movie Breaker Morant, 1980. Screenplay by Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, and Bruce Beresford, based on the stage play by Kenneth G. Ross

“If we let one ant stand up to us, then the other ants, who outnumber us 100 to 1, will all stand up to us. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life…  It’s not about food, it’s about keeping those ants in line.” – Hopper (the Grasshopper Leader), in A Bug’s Life (1998), voiced by Kevin Spacey. Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw

"The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception." – Friedrich Hayek

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to …

“Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and …

"When Rome collapsed in the Fifth century, its enemies numbered only a fraction of those the Romans had defeated in the Punic Wars five hundred years earlier. Decline is a choice. It always is." – Victor Davis Hanson, interview in Uncommon Knowledge

“One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.” – Terry Pratchett, in his novel Jingo

"You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands: your own." – Motivational speaker Mark Victor Hansen

“We defy augury; there’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all..” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene ii