A Quarter of a Century Wise!

The last blog was a compliation of days of hard thinking and dealing with emotions big enough to weigh an elephant down. So, because I am who I am.... it's time for a pick me up! In honor of my 25th birthday last weekend I would like to share my 25 most favorite quotes!

*Quotables*

25. “So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go! 

24. "Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. "
Martin Luther

23. "Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things"

Maria- The Sound of Music 

22."It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose
it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been
missing until it arrives." - unknown

21. Forgive your enemies, but never, never forget their names.

- John F. Kennedy

20.You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.- Winston Churchill

19. "All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmond Burke 

18. Each Day Is A Brand New Opportunity To Be Jesus To The World -- R. Falcon


17. A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

-Willy Wonka

16. Some people,
No matter how old they get,
Never lose their beauty ?
They merely move it from their
Faces into their heart.

- Martin Buxbaum 

15. To know what people really think,
pay regard to what they do,
rather than what they say.

- Rene Descartes

14. Forgiveness does not change the past,
but it does enlarge the future.

- Paul Boese

13. Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only steals today of its strength.

- A. J. Crown

12. "God understands our prayers, even when we can't find the words to say them." -unknown 

11. "Wash your hands & say your prayers - because God and germs are EVERYWHERE" -unknown  

10. "Sometimes God doesn't let us see ahead, instead He gives us just enough light to see the step we are on. That way we have to trust in Him to guide us with each and every step." -Stormie OMartian



9. A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis



8. I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis



7. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."
Proverbs 3:5


6. Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Matthew 19:26

5. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1





4. "A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
― Max Lucado




3. “God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus. ”
― Max Lucado



2. "You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned the heavens, he punished himself on the cross for your sins. God’s justice and love are equally honored. And you, God’s creation, are forgiven.”

1.“If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! ”
― Max Lucado