Thursday, June 26, 2008

Thrusday Thirteen

“It has been often said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an equally important truth that religion is the thing that makes the extraordinary man feel ordinary."
- Charles Dickens

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

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
-C.S. Lewis

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen; not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
-C.S. Lewis

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
-Mother Theresa

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
-Mother Theresa

I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.
-Anonymous

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honoré de Balzac

“Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
For babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow
So quiet down, cobwebs
Dust, go to sleep
I'm rocking my baby, and babies don't keep.
-Anonymous

Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that suppose to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing.
~Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.
-Denis Waitley

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
-Albert Einstein


It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts.
–Addison Walker

Thursday Thirteen

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love that Toni Morrison quote...I have never heard it before.

Thanks for sharing such great quotes :)

Happy TT!

Angie @ Many Little Blessings said...

Really great quotes! Love 'em!

I hadn't heard this one before: "It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts," but I really like it. (Says the girl who married a "nice guy.")

She Became a Butterfly said...

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

that one is hitting home with me today.

she

Di said...

Wow! Thank you! They are are such wonderful quotes I can't even pick a favorite!

Chris said...

"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
-G.K. Chesterton
This one is my favoite. Thanks for sharing these. They are all great words of wisdom. Words to live by!

April said...

Thank you for visiting and commenting on my blog. These quotes are wonderful.

storyteller said...

Thanks for dropping by Small Reflections earlier. I enjoyed all the quotes in today’s T-13 here. I’ve got many in the sidebars of each of my blogs, and always share a thought for the day at the end of each post.
Hugs and blessings,

Maggie Moo said...

Oh-I LOVE this post...especially:

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen; not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
-C.S. Lewis

Anonymous said...

Thanks for that, very inspirational.

Linda said...

How many times have I said "God will not give me more than I can handle". I can really relate to this quote.

That Hideous Man said...

Great quotes, especially Lewis, Chesterton and Einstein!