Crystalinks Emerald Quotes & Sayings

A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in time and space. — George Sarton

You might be a redneck if the receptionist checks the rat traps at your place of business. — Jeff Foxworthy

Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within themselves through faith made manifest in action. For He is near you: 'The word is ... in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of faith' (Rom. 10:8) - Christ being Himself the word that is sought. — Maximus The Confessor

Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them — Laurie Halse Anderson

All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. 14 Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. 15 If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. 16 But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. — Anonymous

Just wait. Someone's going to come along, someone you never expected, someone who needs you because you're you. — Tim Tharp

Having your own church doesn't make you a good guy. It only makes you tax-exempt. — Lisa Kleypas

Sometimes justice was all about the small victories. — Susan Dennard

Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language. — Natasha Trethewey