Hemidemisemiquavers: December 2010

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
- A. A. Milne

# posted by Janet : 5:13 AM |

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

‎"To find victory over lust, you must believe with your whole heart that God is against your lust not because He is opposed to pleasure, but because He is so committed to it." -Joshua Harris

# posted by Janet : 9:11 AM |

“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station,
through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.”

By: George Washington Carver

# posted by Janet : 8:12 AM |

Sunday, December 26, 2010

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
- Edwin Schlossberg

# posted by Janet : 8:35 PM |

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
- Samuel Johnson

# posted by Janet : 4:28 AM |

Monday, December 20, 2010

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

# posted by Janet : 7:17 AM |

Saturday, December 18, 2010

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
- Leo J. Burke

# posted by Janet : 7:03 AM |

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face.
His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.

By: William Cowper

# posted by Janet : 6:37 AM |

Monday, December 13, 2010

"The man who makes a success of an important venture never waits for the crowd.
He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit;
but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail.
The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance.
These chances are the main things after all.
The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticized.
Nothing important was ever done but the greater number
consulted previously doubted the possibility.
Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done."

By: C. V. White

# posted by Janet : 5:05 PM |

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
- Robertson Davies

(I thought this quote was hilarious!)

# posted by Janet : 10:17 PM |

Saturday, December 11, 2010

In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.
- George Orwell

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
- Donald H. Rumsfeld

# posted by Janet : 7:00 AM |

Friday, December 10, 2010

I want to place in each of you an insatiable desire for learning. -- Col. Frazier, my high school AFJROTC instructor

# posted by Janet : 5:43 AM |

Thursday, December 09, 2010

To fall in love with God is the greatest of all romances; To seek him, the greatest adventure; To find him, the greatest human achievement. --St. Augustine

# posted by Janet : 7:01 AM |

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
- Thomas Sowell

Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
- Jose Marti

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
- Thomas A. Edison

# posted by Janet : 1:28 PM |

Saturday, December 04, 2010

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
- John Kenneth Galbraith

# posted by Janet : 6:22 AM |

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