Scoutmasters Library Quotes & Sayings

My desire as a Christian pastor is to see churches raised up as communities of grace ruled by Jesus and led by his gloriously masculine men who work their jobs, eat their meat, drink their beer, romance their wives, study their Bible, and raise their kids in glory and joy — Mark Driscoll

Even the kindest men in the church had no idea of the many ways in which they made their wives and daughters into lesser persons than their sons and fellow male church members. 'I wouldn't be where I am today without my wife,' they say in testimony meetings. But what they are also saying is that their wives have given up their personal ambitions in favor of the ambitions of their husbands. Mormon men protect their daughters, but they encourage and cheer on their sons. — Mette Ivie Harrison

I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive. — Solomon Burke

We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way. — Edward Kennedy

She was lucky to be wanted not desired though, worse pain is the feeling of being unwanted in love. — Pushpa Rana

It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. — Marjane Satrapi

If you never feel like giving up, then your dreams are too small — Joel Osteen

My siblings were a bit younger than me, and I was always entertaining them and making up stories. — Patti Smith

I don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with. — Erykah Badu

I breathe in sharply, and then I breathe out slowly. Life is just a series of breaths in and out. All I really have to do in this world is breathe in and then breathe out, in succession, until I die. I can do that. I can breathe in and out. — Taylor Jenkins Reid

I know of nothing that brings greater joy to the human heart than laboring at home or abroad for the salvation of the souls of men. I know of nothing which gives us a greater love of all that is good, than teaching this Gospel of Jesus Christ. — Heber J. Grant

I somehow got the idea that oak floors were located exclusively in New York City. This came chiefly from watching Woody Allen movies. I wanted to live someplace that looked like Mia Farrow's apartment in 'Hannah and Her Sisters' (little did I know that it was Mia Farrow's apartment). To me, this kind of space did not connote wealth. These were places where paint was peeling and the rugs were frayed, places where smart people sat around drinking gin and tonics, having interesting conversations, and living, according to my logic, in an authentic way. — Meghan Daum