Pennington Quotes & Sayings

Don't be stupid. It's not smart. — Ty Pennington

My first job in construction paid my way through art school. I was building to pay my bills. — Ty Pennington

The great art of pleasing is to appear pleased with others. — Lady Sarah Pennington

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action. — Ty Pennington

When I was handed a hammer, my first project was building a three-story tree house. — Ty Pennington

A more rational form of treatment," Pennington suggested, would be one that makes fat once again flow readily out of the fat cells, that directs "measures primarily toward an increased mobilization and utilization of fuel" by the muscles and organs. — Gary Taubes

I like women who are self-sufficient. — Ty Pennington

Preferences are bad solutions to performance problems. — Havoc Pennington

When our motive for good works is to garner the praise of others, we trade the glory of God for the glory of men. Glorious Lord, forgive me for the times I have exchanged Your glory for the praise of others. Help me keep my focus on You and You alone, rather than on the admiration of others. — Ava Pennington

Have character; don't be a character. — Chad Pennington

Centering Prayer is an opening, a response, a putting aside of all the debris that stands in the way of our being totally present to the present Lord, so that He can be present to us. It is a laying aside of thoughts, so that the heart can attend immediately to Him. All prayer is a response. The Lord first knocks, beckons, calls to us. — M. Basil Pennington

Wine o'clock was getting earlier every night — Jill Pennington

I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling. What we know is we can improve. Chad Pennington, our quarterback, missed the first part of the season, and we struggled. We're looking to next season. We're looking to make a noise now, and I wanna kiss you! — Joe Namath

Sitting let me learn what the NFL is all about. — Chad Pennington

To preach that Jesus is the true King over all kings, the only true Son of God, and therefore the only one worthy of worship is not merely a personal conviction of individual piety but is necessarily a public, political, and polemical proclamation. — Jonathan T. Pennington

Lord, Bless our enemies; have mercy upon them, may they turn their course and let us alone, and let us live in peace at our homes in our own native land. — William Pennington

Design can change how you look at yourself. — Ty Pennington

When I'm decisive, I feel I do a good job. — Chad Pennington

I'm a strategic guy. I'm gonna figure out ways to hurt the defense, but it's not gonna be about throwing a ball through a wall. — Chad Pennington

That's the other thing: Even if you're on medication, you still have to treat your body properly and take care of yourself. The idea that [ADHD] goes away or you grow out of it isn't true. — Ty Pennington

That's where the challenge has been. Balancing football and life. Trying not to replay every play in my head while I'm with my family. Sometimes, I've done it well. Other times, I haven't. — Chad Pennington

To me, the quarterback position is about getting your team out of bad things and into good ones. — Chad Pennington

Like Thomas Hardy with his Casterbridge, my own fictional Pennington is based on a well-known English county town, which I embellish with buildings, parks, and houses from my imagination. — Catherine George

The Houston Contractors Association is proud to endorse Council Member Oliver Pennington for re-election to Houston City Council. Council Member Pennington understands that infrastructure investment is crucial to protect the long-term economic vitality of our community. We strongly support his efforts on behalf of small businesses and the construction industry while demonstrating his commitment to sound management of the city's budget. — Jeffrey Nielsen

The two [separate] UIs are both incredibly simple and don't even look
like computer programs; they barely need menus. [When combined, they]
suddenly look like software. — Havoc Pennington

How can you truly know what success is, if you've never experienced failure? — Chad Pennington

My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. — Johnny Vegas

I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project. — Chad Pennington

In the silence, whether we listen to the creation around us, the words of revelation, or the deepest stirrings of our own hearts, we begin to perceive another voice, one that is too often lost in the static of life. It is no use saying: "Speak, Lord, your servant wants to hear," if We never risk the silence to listen. 48 — M. Basil Pennington

What we can do now to bring about his kingdom of justice is to cooperate in the establishment of justice in that portion of his kingdom over which we have some immediate control: ourselves. Let us begin the pursuit of justice and peace by cleaning up our own lives and establishing peace within our own hearts. — M. Basil Pennington

If you loose the sounds comming out of New Orleans, you loose apart of the american language. — Ty Pennington

The silliest people are usually the most tenacious of their opinions. — Lady Sarah Pennington

Aren't you going to insist that we pray, Gerry?' the Captain asked as he took a bite. 'This food doesn't deserve to be blessed,' the Doctor responded grimly, 'but if it makes you feel any better, I already prayed. — J Grace Pennington

Never in the known history of man has a people or nation stockpiled weapons and in the end not used them. But if we use the weapons we have stockpiled it will be the end of nations and peoples if not the end of the whole race. Never has the human family so urgently needed a transformation of consciousness. Those who devote themselves to contemplative meditation are performing a most basic and loving service. It is a very real response to the call to love and to act. — M. Basil Pennington

Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly part of the reason we flee silence. We do not want to be confronted with our hypocrisy, our phoniness. We see how false and fragile is the false self we project. We have to go through this painful experience to come to our true self. — Basil Pennington

Sometimes I stress too much and don't have fun. If you're trying to be perfect, sometimes it backfires on you. — Chad Pennington

Martin Buber as described for basic virtues cultivated by the Hasidim to overcome the separation of the sacred and secular. . . . St. Benedict spoke of them as truly seeking God, zeal for a humble way of life, zeal for obedience, and zeal for the opus of God. Buber catalogues them as kavana (single-mindedness), shiflut (humility), avada (service), and hitlahavut (fire of ecstasy). 129 — M. Basil Pennington

Spend your 'different points' wisely. — Havoc Pennington

Either you participate in the community like an adult or you leave and do your own thing, — Havoc Pennington

Game... Set... Match Bitch!

~Alexandria Bell — April Nichols Baker

I was the kid who was drawing on tables or removing the legs of furniture. — Ty Pennington

We are summoned not only to intimacy but to take possession of our very oneness with the Son of God in the inner life of the Trinity in the communication of the very Love of Father and Son, the Most Holy Spirit. This is what centering prayer is about. — M. Basil Pennington

Benedict and Bernard and the other true monastic peacemakers of history have been effective because they have acted from a deep source of peace within themselves, dating a context for peace. This is the contribution a Christian man or woman of peace can make. — M. Basil Pennington

I've got the best job in the world, and i meet some of the most amazing human beings on the planet. I'm one lucky guy. — Ty Pennington

Life's a roller coaster, and you never know when it's going to take a turn. — Ty Pennington

The pilgrims continue to come. Only God knows what each one of us brings, and with what kind of heart. We come mystically to this cave. We know the mess we bring and the often distracted heart that brings it. But this is all we have
all we are. One stretches out his arms to receive. — M. Basil Pennington

Our show proves that some pretty incredible things can happen when people come together. — Ty Pennington

Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls. — William Pennington

I wanted to try and trace the genuine origins of 'Johnny' and how he so successfully staged this takeover of 'Michael Pennington.' 'Johnny' is a contradiction to who I am as a person. I'm not very good at confrontation, I have a tendency to internalise and to carry things around. — Johnny Vegas

There's more to me than football. It's just part of my life. — Chad Pennington

A home is more than just where you live; it reflects who you are. — Ty Pennington

We ought not to READ the scriptures, but listen to them, for our Beloved is present and speaks to us through them. (vs. it being like a love letter sent to us from afar). — M. Basil Pennington

Byron is one tough guy and he can play through just about anything. I know he will be ready to go on Sunday. — Chad Pennington

People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.' — Johnny Vegas

Monks realize well that when the consciousness of one person is raised, the whole of humanity is raised; when the quality of life of one improves, all improve. Or, to put it in another, more biblical, way, the increased health and vitality of any one cell vitalizes the whole Body of Christ. 38 — M. Basil Pennington

I know what's it's like to grow up with ADHD and how important it is for parents, caregivers and patients, to have access to accurate information. — Ty Pennington

Listen to me, kid. It don't matter what happens. It don't matter what anybody thinks or does. All that matters is that you keep fightin' and never, you hear me? never give up. — J Grace Pennington

As if from the back row of a smoky movie theater, she watched as they entered the kitchen and took their places on her mother's polished black and white linoleum. The Wing Commander, his face kind. His wife, sunglasses in the morning. People really do wring their hands when they are anxious. The Chaplain, specks of dried blood on his chin - a quick shave before the breaking of the hearts. — Penny McCann Pennington

False self is an identity based on what you have, what you do, and what others think about you. In stark contrast to this is the true self in Christ, which is who we are before God and in God - Christ living in us, as Paul put it to the churches in Galatia — Basil Pennington