Deep quotes inspire
Funny quotes make you smile
And some quotes bring back entire memories
Here's a few that I like:
ok...maybe its more than a few. :)
“Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
- Ronald Reagan
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
- Martin Luther
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered."
- GK Chesterton
"I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean."
- GK Chesterton
"We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God."
- GK Chesterton
It’s that Texas thing. They’re their own breed of humans.
- Kate Hudson
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
- L. Beethoven
“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes - and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is hard to fail, but it is worse to have never tried to succeed.
- T. Roosevelt
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
- General Patton
- General Patton
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
- General Patton
Is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
- Winston Churchill
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
- Winston Churchill
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
- Winston Churchill
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."
- J.S. Bach
"Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God."
- William Carey
"It will not do to say that you have no special call to China. With these facts before you and the command of the Lord Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home."
"It will not do to say that you have no special call to China. With these facts before you and the command of the Lord Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home."
- H. Taylor
"A missionary's object is to endeavor by every means in his power to make known the gospel by preaching, exhortation, conversation, instruction of the young; improving, so far as is in his power, the temporal condition of those among whom he labors, by introducing the arts and sciences to civilization and doing everything to commend Christianity to their hearts and consciences."
"A missionary's object is to endeavor by every means in his power to make known the gospel by preaching, exhortation, conversation, instruction of the young; improving, so far as is in his power, the temporal condition of those among whom he labors, by introducing the arts and sciences to civilization and doing everything to commend Christianity to their hearts and consciences."
- David Livingstone
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't."
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't."
- John Piper
"It is insufficient to proclaim that the Church has of God has a mission in the world. Rather, the God of mission has a church in the world. "
"It is insufficient to proclaim that the Church has of God has a mission in the world. Rather, the God of mission has a church in the world. "
- Tem Dearborn
“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.”
- Gustave Mahler
When asked "what is the most difficult instrument to play", composer/conductor/m
"Second Violin. Because everyone wants to be First Violin."
"Make yourself little in the depths of your heart."
When asked "what is the most difficult instrument to play", composer/conductor/m
"Second Violin. Because everyone wants to be First Violin."
"Make yourself little in the depths of your heart."
- Francois Fenelon
“Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent”
- Victor Hugo
He who sings scares away his woes.
~Cervantes
“Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent”
- Victor Hugo
He who sings scares away his woes.
~Cervantes
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
~Dr. Seuss
“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”
~Dr. Seuss
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one
kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a
big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have
troubles with me!”
~Dr. Seuss
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
~Dr. Seuss
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy
is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life
through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that
enables you to laugh at life's realities.”
~Dr. Seuss
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!”
~Dr. Seuss
“Shorth is better than length.”
~Dr. Seuss
