A Quote to Start Things Off

Somebody told me there was no such thing as truth. I said if that's the case then why should I believe you" -Lecrae - Gravity

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Quotations For 300

For the past year or so I have been putting quotes on the masthead of my blog.  I don't remember all of them that I have used.  To remedy that situation, I will put the ones I remember and add the rest as I continue to have a quote to start your HSD experience.


If at first you don't succeed , don't try sky diving.  Steven Wright


The wonder is that when we know God’s forgiveness is based upon the infinite value of Christ’s finished work, we can have peace of mind and knowledge of His love, even in the midst of our weakness and depression. And again, we all have depressions too; since the Fall, none of us are psychologically healthy or perfect morally. And I must say that depressions are very hard. This is not unknown to me; though most people do not know it, I have my own periods of depression which are very difficult. . . . I speak her not from theory but from experience — in the midst of our down times we can know that His arms are about us, and that He does not let us go when our hands are as weak as water. - Francis Schaffer

"Whatever the limitations of his intellect or outward shortcomings of his fur, and his ears and toes, his disposition was uniformly amiable and his temper unfailingly sweet. An affectionate companion and a quiet friend." Beatrix Potter on the passing of her favorite rabbit, Peter Piper (the inspiration for her story Peter Rabbit) in 1902,

An Inning of T-ball is the most exciting 3 hours of sports - David Letterman


One of the worlsd's tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island, because people always answer " a deck of cards" or " Anna Karenia" when the obvious answer is " a well-equipped boat  and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want." - Lemony Snicket  in Horseradish - Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

"I think there's a greater likelihood that I'll be asked by Madonna to go on tour as her bass player than I'll be picked to be on the ticket." Mike Huckabee on his chances of being Mitt Romney's running mate in 2012 election.


What fun is it being "cool" if you can't wear a Sombrero? - Hobbes in the Bill Watterson

... a used book is just as good as a new one as far as the reading goes - Paris Minton from the novel Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley

Most people love freedom when it means to be able to whatever they feel like doing.  But they don't love freedom when it means the responsibility of making  moral choices and living with the results - Peter Kreeft from his book Making Choices

There is the brink of insanity, there is the abyss and then there's lima beans. - Dave Roller (Adapted from St. Elmos's Fire)


Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.  C.S. Lewis from The Magicians Nephew

The death of young people provokes many thoughts among those around them - thoughts on life and it's meaning, on death and it's implication.  - Dr. Chaim Licht from his book, In the Grip of Bereavement.


Do you want to  be careful or do you want to be friends? - Frances in Russell Hoban's A Bargain For Frances

I believe Ronald Reagan will turn this country into what it one was; a barren wasteland covered with ice. - Steve Martin

We speak naturally, but spend all our lives trying to write naturally - Margaret Wise Brown, Author of Good Night Moon and The Runaway Bunny

It is in forgiveness, that we feel the power of God's Love - Queen Elizabeth II - 2011 Christmas Speech


I like movies about real things, like the Muppets - Amy Roller

Boy: Mrs. Roller, is Mr. Roller funny?

Amy: Yes, he is.
Boy: About how often? - 9/10/2001

Imagination is the elixir of life - P.T. Barnum

Failure is not a person, failure is an event; and Jesus paid for those.  Mark Hall - Lead Singer Casting Crowns


Once upon a time, there was a little letter b. It sat down by a log. One day, the b fell over, and landed on the log. And a blog was born. Amy Roller

Sometimes my mind gives me ideas, and I like testing them out.  Puppy Age 5

Don't trust quotes found on the internet- Abraham Lincoln

When Mozart was my age, he had been dead for 2 years - Tom Lehrer From the intro to the song "Alma."

God does not seek more converts. He seeks worshippers Worshippers who worship God in spirit and truth. God does not need worshippers, but we need to worship him. John White - The Pathway of Holiness,

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it, until it's done, and done right - Walt Disney

I went to a restaurant, the sign in the window said, "Breakfast anytime". I ordered French Toast in theRenaissance. - Steven Wright


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