Memory is the mother of all wisdom. –Aeschylus. God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December. –Barrie. Memory is the cabinet of imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and the council of thought. –Basil. Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are cheese. –Burke. To live in hearts what we leave behind is not to die. –Campbell. Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can even happen to one again. –Cather.It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam. –Chesterton. The days may come, the days may go, but still the hands of memory weave. The blissful dreams of long ago. –Cooper. A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely un-happen. –de Bono. We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. –Duhamel. Memories are everyone’s second chance at happiness. –Queen Elizabeth. We must always have old memories and young hopes. –Houssaye. Every man’s memory is his private literature. –Huxley. Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backwards. But then one forgets the other clause–that it must be lived forward. –Kierkegaard.
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination. –de Lamartine. To be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice. –Martial. The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten. –Pavese. Memory is a present that never stops passing. –Paz. Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. –Trotsky. Memory performs the impossible for man; holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life. –Van Doren. The best antiques are old friends. –Source unknown.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong; because someday you will have been all of these. –George Washington Carver. The success of service is not measured by numbers. Our service to and for Jesus is measured by obedience. –Wayne Nix. Life has many choices. Eternity has only two. What’s yours? –Bernie Koerselman. If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade. –Tom Peters. We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position. –A.W. Tozer.
Christian One-Liners: Don’t let your worries get the best of you; remember Moses started out as a basket case. Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited, until you try to sit in their church pew. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisors. It’s easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live once. When you get to your wit’s end, you’ll find God lives there too. People are funny; they want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever. Quit griping about your church; if it were perfect, you couldn’t belong. If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has. God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you? Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
The Blessings in “No”: I asked God to take away my pride. He said, “No.” It is not for me to take away, but for you to give up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. He said, “No.” The spirit is whole, the body is only temporary. I asked God to grant me patience. He said, “No.” Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn’t granted it is earned. I asked God to give me happiness. He said, “No.” I give you blessings, happiness is up to you.
I asked God to spare me pain. He said, “No.” Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. I asked God to make my spirit grow. He said, “No.” You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful. I ask for all things that I might enjoy life. God said, “No.” I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things. I ask God to help me LOVE others as much as He loves me. God said . . . Ahhhh, finally you have the idea!
