“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
~ G.K. Chesterton

“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” ~G.K. Chesterton

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - Jiddu Krishmamurthi

Forgiveness is an act of the will,

and the will can function

regardless of the temperature of the heart.

~ corrie ten boom

A cup brimful of sweetness

cannot spill even one drop of bitter water,

no matter how suddenly jarred.

~ amy carmichael

The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than any place else on earth.
~unknown

"Children have more need of models than of critics." ~ Joseph Joubert

"Lord, don't let me die before I'm dead." ~unknown

"An aimless life is a living death." ~ unknown

"If you'd have a mind at peace, a heart that cannot harden- go find a door that opens wide upon a lovely garden." ~ unknown

"True love isn't gazing into each others eyes, but, standing side by side with a common goal and serving God." ~ unknown

"Isn't it better to have men be ungrateful, than to miss a chance to do good?" ~ Denise Diderot

"Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit." ~ Hosea Ballou

"Happiness comes more from loving than being loved, and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again- this is the brave and happy life." ~ J.E. Buchrose

Average Days

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want more than all the world, your return.
~ Mary Jean Iron

Autumn Days

When autumn days remind us that the summertime is gone
And the shadows show the sun is on the wane,
It seems so easy to forget that life continues on
As we revel in our strolls down mem'ry lane.
But then I stop to reason that living knows no season,
And realize our numbered days are few.
That's why I don't recall if summer skies were gray or blue
But live each lovely autumn day with you.
~ Francis Stroup

"The woman who works with her hands is only a laborer. The woman who works with her head is a craftswoman. The woman who works with her hands, her head, and her heart is an artist." ~ unknown

"Live for today, dream for tomorrow, let go of yesterday." ~ unknown

"As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled." ~ unknown

"When you walk with God, you always reach your destination." ~ unknown

"If you save the life of one person, it is as if you saved the world entire."
     - Jewish Proverb

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." ~Albert Einstein

"Comparison is the thief of joy." ~ Theodore Roosevelt

"Don't let perfect be the enemy of good." ~ unknown

“In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.”  ~ Brother David Steindl-Rast

"I dream of a better world where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned." ~ unknown

"Poor and content is rich and rich enough." ~ William Shakespeare

"Enough is as good as a feast." ~ unknown

"Your days never fail to betray your priorities." ~ Ann Voskamp
 

"If you can't have the best of what you want, learn to make the best of what you have." ~ Mhar

"We are all like the moon: we all have a dark side." ~ Mark Twain

"Living with a belief in God, this is very far from living with God as your Beloved." ~ Ann Voskamp

"The home you set your heart on determines how you will live your life... choose to live for eternity." ~ unknown to me