"Some people live in the present, oblivious of the past and blind to the future. Some dwell in the past. A very few have the knack of applying the past to the present in ways that show them the future. Great leaders have this knack." – Richard M. Nixon
“The place where God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." – Alan Kay
"It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what is required." – Winston Churchill
"The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come." – C.S. Lewis
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." – Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” – Beverly Sills
"A joke not worth explaining is not worth telling." – #2 Son
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest:" – Thomas Paine
“To be, or not to be, that is the question. To be and the effort to continue to be, that is survivalism.” – Rourke
“When the SHTF, I’ll go down with a cross in one hand, and a Glock in the other.” – Eaker
"Oh… you would not part an old man from his walking stick?" – Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons." – Alfred E. Newman
"The preacher man says it’s the end of time And the Mississippi River she’s a goin’ dry The interest is up and the Stock Markets down And you only get mugged If you go down town I live back in the woods, you see A woman and the kids, and the dogs and me I got a shotgun rifle and a 4-wheel drive And a country boy can survive Country folks can survive I can plow a field all day long I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too Ain’t …
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight,O Lord, my strength and redeemer." – Psalm 19:14 (KJV)