By perseverence the snail
reached the ark.

-Charles Spurgeon



Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his
friends.

-John 15:13



Let me fall into the hand of the Lord,
for his mercy is very great, but do not
let me fall into the hand of man.

-1 Chronicles 21:13



A prudent question is one
half of wisdom.

-Sir Francis Bacon



You either got faith or you got
unbelief, and there ain't no
neutral ground.

-Bob Dylan



When I get up in the morning, I think,
boy, only fourteen more hours and I
can be back asleep again.

-Anne Tyler



If you got a trumpet, get on your
feet, brother, and blow it!

-Nick Cave



Another very appealling pane of stamps has just been introduced in a sheet of 20 for $8.80.  Continuing the love theme that started in 1973 with an 8 cent stamp inspired by Robert Indiana's famous sculpture, the post office has commissioned this artwork entitled "Garden of Love" by award-winning illustrator Jose Ortega.  Why not brighten someone's mailbox by adorning your next card or letter with something interesting?



There is no finer investment
for any community than putting
milk into babies.

-Winston Churchill

sam brown

And this is the testimony,
that God gave us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:11



On George MacDonald:

From his own father, he first
learned that Fatherhood must
be at the core of the universe.

-C. S. Lewis 



A good neighbor doubles the
value of a house.

-German proverb



The dead might as well try to speak
to the living as the old to the young.

-Willa Cather



Though I am not naturally honest,
I am so sometimes by chance.

-William Shakespeare

paul klee

You live and learn.  At any rate
you live.

-Douglas Adams



All the people at this party,
they've got a lot of style.

-Joni Mitchell



Nobody ever outgrows Scripture. 
The book widens and deepens
with our years.

-Charles Spurgeon



I am a deeply superficial
person.

-Andy Warhol



What we anticipate seldom occurs;
what we least expected generally
happens.

-Benjamin Disraeli



Get men converted, and a
thousand foolish ideas are
destroyed.

-Charles Spurgeon



I don't generally feel anything until
noon, then it's time for my nap.

-Bob Hope



Sometimes life seems like a
dream, especially when i look
down and see that I forgot to
put on my pants.

-Jack Handey



Brevity is the charm of eloquence.

-Cicero



Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
"Many daughters have done nobly,
but you surpass them all."
-Proverbs 31:28-29





You don't really learn much
from the good things that
happen to you.

-Cormac McCarthy



We make ourselves rich by

making our wants few.

-Henry David Thoreau



Luxury must be comfortable,
otherwise it is not luxury.

-Coco Chanel



Always read stuff that will make you look
good if you die in the middle of it.

-P. J. O'Rourke



Storms make oaks take deeper root.

-George Herbert



When it goes well with the righteous,
the city rejoices, and when the wicked
perish there are shouts of gladness.

-Proverbs 11:10



Wedding Figures

average cost of an engagement ring
$5392
average amount spent on a wedding dress
$1099
average cost of a wedding
$26,984

-The Knot Inc.



Aspire to live quietly, and to
mind your own affairs, and
to work with your hands.

-1 Thessalonians 4:11