Baxter Family Quotes & Sayings

Everyone's dying. A little, every day. Make it count. — Libba Bray

Parents have too little respect for their children, just as the children have too much for the parents. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

People recognize me - but if you've been in the public eye as long as I have and people don't recognize you, I feel bad about myself. — Rickey Henderson

You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. — Richard Baxter

Train insane or remain the same. — Jillian Michaels

If family religion were duly attended to and properly discharged, I think the preaching of the Word would not be the common instrument of conversion. — Richard Baxter

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book, or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation. — Marguerite Duras

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear annihilation ... I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow ... I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed. — Martin Luther King Jr.

The raindrops on her eyelashes made her blue eyes sparkle and he was instantly sure of one thing. He'd never seen any girl more beautiful. — Karen Kingsbury

Did he fight?"
"Yes, Sam. He fought very hard. He saved my life."
"But you hid"
"Yes." Crushing Bear against my stomach.
"Like a big fat chicken."
"Not like that," I whispered. "It wasn't like that. — Rick Yancey

Other than when I'm driving, I don't try to look too far ahead, and once I got out, I never wanted to look back. — Jennifer Thompson-Cannino

Open her heart to me, please, God. After the mess I've made of things, I can't do this on my own. — Karen Kingsbury

there are times when no one is right, and sometimes among family and children, no one can admit that there is no right, and that maybe at the same time there is no wrong. But in this case I was wrong and I appreciate Vivian Baxter for being big enough to accept my apology. — Maya Angelou

What happens when lying and stealing and immorality and murder become the norm? The result can be summarized in one word: chaos. — Billy Graham

When everything around you is crazy, it is ingenious to stay calm. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the success of your labors. You are not like to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not prosper, nor promise much future increase. — Richard Baxter

You are likely to see no general reformation till you procure family reformation. Some little obscure religion there may be in here and there one; but while it sticks in single persons, and is not promoted by these societies, it doth not prosper, nor promise much for future increase. — Richard Baxter

Strike not for a few cents more an hour, because the price of living will be raised faster still, but strike for all you earn, be content with nothing less. — Lucy Parsons

We shall then have joy without sorrow, and rest without weariness ... Be of good cheer, Christian, the time is near, when God and thou shalt be near, and as near as thou canst well desire. Thou shalt dwell in his family. — Richard Baxter

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: stink. Stank. Stunk. — Dr. Seuss

Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants. — Charles Henry Parkhurst

Ma Baxter rocked complacently. They were all pleased whenever she made a joke. Her good nature made the same difference in the house as the hearth-fire had made in the chill of the evening. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

He knew something he hadn't known before ... He not only missed her. He still loved her. — Karen Kingsbury

And like that, the decades disappeared and the memory of that night came to life again. The way John had known it would. He didn't fight it, didn't work to stay in the here and now. If he was going to go back, then he wanted to relive it. All of it. — Karen Kingsbury

A pioneer family lived beyond the reach of shopping malls ... — Stephen Baxter

You can not figure out love without figuring out death, too, but the effort it takes can knock the wind out of you. Love is the first cousin of death, they're acquainted with each other, they go to the same family reunions. — Charles Baxter

What made Jules extraordinary though, was that her heart was made of the most curious fabric. It could bend and stretch to fit every single person she met. — Fisher Amelie

For a long while she only looked at him ... as if she didn't want to interrupt the beautiful moment with words. — Karen Kingsbury