Monday, May 25, 2009

Darkly Comical Quotes

The original meaning of the word “faith” was to vigorously prepare.

Sign on a church bulletin board – That which angers us, controls us.

The worst obstructionist in any community is not the man who is opposed to doing anything, but the man who will not do what he can because he cannot do what he would like to do. – J.L. Long

The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it exactly right. – Edward C. Simmons

A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket, and write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable, and should be secured, because they seldom return. – Bacon

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. – Henry Brougham

When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry. – Haliburton

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