Category: Quote of the Day

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” – Parkinson’s Law, coined by C. Northcote Parkinson, circa 1957

"Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24." – General David M. Shoup

“Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may’st be.” – Thomas Haynes Bayly

"Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported, insulated, and isolated from the risks of life- and if we fall, our government stands ready with Band-Aids of every size." – Shirley Temple Black

"A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune." – Horace

“He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.” – Proverbs 28:19 (KJV)

“The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.” – Psalm 138:8 (KJV)

“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not, they are new every morning. Great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” – Lamentations 3: 21-26

"Consider it pure joy, my brethren, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." – James 1:2-4

“It’s amazing that people can’t see the theft [of their buying power through currency inflation], and even that so many will argue in favor of deflation, meaning that “the dollar is getting stronger” when that has never taken place over the long run in the last 95 years.” – Jason Hommel

“When you’re safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you’re having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.” – Thornton Wilder

“My father sent my mother a revolver as a gift, which for her was the symbol of what any young girl wants in a marriage, this was for her the means to stay alive, to kill herself or to die fighting.” – Assaela Bielski, as quoted in the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec.

“I told a reporter here a while back–young girl, seemed nice enough, she was just tryin’ to be a reporter. She said: ‘Sheriff how come you let crime get so out of hand in your county?’ Sounded like a fair question. Anyway I told her, I said: Any time you quit hearing ‘Sir’ and ‘Ma’am’ the end is pretty much in sight.” – Tommy Lee Jones as Terrell County Texas Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, from the movie No Country for Old Men, 2005 (originally written by Cormack McCarthy)

“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.” – Proverbs 16:3 (KJV)

“How quiet, calm, and solemn, not at all like when I was running,” thought Prince Andrei, “not at like when we were running, shouting, and fighting; not at all like when the Frenchman and the artillerist, with angry and frightened faces, were pulling at the swab – it’s quite different the way the clouds creep across this lofty, infinite sky. How is it I haven’t seen this lofty sky before? And how happy I am that I’ve finally come to know it. Yes! everything is empty, everything is a deception, except this infinite sky. There is nothing, nothing except that. …