Akehurst Lumber Quotes & Sayings

God's Word transforms you into someone who reflects His glory. — Elizabeth George

I figure that if there's a heaven, then there's a room in heaven where you can look over all of history and be anyone you want to be, at a peak moment in their lives. For example, I always say I would choose to be one of Stevie Wonder's backup singers on the "Innervisions" album. — Cintra Wilson

Civilization begins with distillation — William Faulkner

Our [Afghanistan] main problem is education. Over 90 percent of our population is uneducated. So what can you expect? The terrorists come from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, saying the Quran says this, Quran says that, and the Afghans believe that because they speak Arabic, they think they know the language of Quran, and they know Islam better than us, let's follow them. So they simply follow them. — Najibullah Quraishi

need instead to find people who are in sync with our beat and form a more perfect union with those who hear the same rhythm! It is time for us to find the thing we were created to do, the people we were meant to affect, and the power that comes from alignment with purpose. Having had unique opportunities to sit at the table — T.D. Jakes

All of us have our wires crossed and crisscrossed so many times it's impossible to untangle the mess. It really does seem like the entire human race might as well be conversing with hand gestures and grunts, for all the success we're having. — Jody Gehrman

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how. — Lionel Blue

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. — Arthur Schopenhauer

We've all heard that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but that is a dangerous oversimplification. Many of the things that don't kill you can damage you for life. — Jonathan Haidt

I remember as a child, my grandmother read to me Silent Spring. It was incomprehensible to me that there could be a world without birdsong. — Terry Tempest Williams