Socky Sock Quotes & Sayings

In too many households prayer is neglected. Parents feel that they have no time for morning and evening worship. They cannot spare a few moments to be spent in thanksgiving to God for his abundant mercies - for the blessed sunshine and the showers of rain, which cause vegetation to flourish, and for the guardianship of holy angels. They have no time to offer prayer for divine help and guidance and for the abiding presence of Jesus in the household. They go forth to labor as the ox or the horse goes, without one thought of God or heaven. They have souls so precious that rather than permit them to be hopelessly lost, the Son of God gave his life to ransom them; but they have little more [144] appreciation of his great goodness than have the beasts that perish. — Ellen G. White

It takes centuries to invent the primitive. — Don DeLillo

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. — Groucho Marx

There was nothing more beautiful in the world than the sight of a teacher getting upset. — Robert Cormier

You must be taught the Skill, boy," he said as if it were a decision painfully come by. "Evil times have come to us, and they will be with us for a long time. It is a time when good men must create whatever weapons they can. — Robin Hobb

Think of learning as storing up supplies you may need for a harsh winter. — Shannon Hale

You will never be lonely with a book at your side, — Alyson Richman

Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers ... can move the very heart of God who created the universe? — Joni Eareckson Tada

I am certainly the most fortunate creature ever existed! — Jane Austen

Yes, this little vacation was just what the doctor ordered, if that doctor was of the philosophy of running away from your problems. I needed space, I needed to clear my head, and I needed to get back on track. Somehow, somewhere, I'd fallen off course. — Ophelia London

Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful. — Frederick Soddy

It's difficult for me to be around anyone for longer than an hour. Love, death, elation, sorrow, I just don't care all that much about any of it. I am at this point, more of an observer/journalist. — Henry Rollins

Writers, unlike most people, tell their best lies when they are alone. — Michael Chabon