“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing is the wrong thing; and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“There should never be a day in our lives when we fail to thank God for the gift of life and food and existence, and the marvel and wonder of the body that He has given us.” – Martyn Lloyd – Jones

“One isn’t born one’s self.

One is born with a mass of expectations,

a mass of other people’s ideas –

and you have to work through it all.” – V. S. Naipaul

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter

“Aloneness can lead to loneliness. God’s preventative for loneliness is intimacy – meaningful, open, sharing relationships with one another. In Christ we have the capacity for the fulfilling sense of belonging which comes from intimate fellowship with God and with other believers.” – Neil T. Anderson

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” – Robert Benchley

“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” – Samuel Pepys

“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.” – Mason Cooley