Our collection of inspiring quotes.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa explains the history of white settlement of his country like this:
When the white man came, we had the land and he had the Bible.
He said, "Let us pray," so we all bowed our heads, closed our eyes, and prayed.
And when we opened our eyes, lo and behold, we had the Bible and he had the land.
But you know, we got the best deal!
Sometimes we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change.
Teaching junior high school English, Mr. Speller emphasized the importance of nice clean margins on student papers.
One seventh-grade boy said in his essay that he was sorry to write in the margarine.
When he graded his paper, Mr. Speller added a little note next to his that said,
"Maybe next time you will do butter."
To truly BELIEVE in God, one must first want to LEAVE his selfish desires behind and want to BE the person God wants to mold him into.
Then God can mold him to BE that person who can LEAVE the past behind.
What will today's younger generation tell their children they had to do "without"?
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said,
"Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"
When the subject of heaven and hell was broached in conversation one day, Ernest Hemingway politely declined to offer any opinion.
"Excuse me for not answering," he said. "I have friends in both places."