I collect quotes in the front pages of my journal as each year moves along. Here are ten that keep sticking with me:
- “Don’t confuse motion with progress.” Peter Drucker
- “Life is short. Stay awake for it.” Caribou Coffee motto
- “Learning never exhausts the mind.” from the Da Vinci center of the CNL Building, Orlando
- “All the world’s great suffering comes from the fact that kings do not know how to sit quietly in their own rooms.” Blaise Pascal
- “Let me not lay my pipe too short of the fountain,
never touching the eternal spring,
never drawing down water from above.” Valley of Vision (Puritan prayers)
- “With the interminable reportage of O.J. Simpson’s murder trial [in ’94 and ’95], the networks discovered an insatiable public appetite for the mindless repetition of scanty facts.” Eric Reed, Preaching when the News Intrudes
- “One of the first, and most important duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.” William Carey in 1792
- “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke
- “What is to give light must endure burning.” Viktor Frankl
- “The danger is not that we are busy. The danger is that we are frantically active on minor fronts.” Pastor Isaac Hunter in last Sunday’s sermon
3 replies on “10 Stimulating Quotes”
Nice, Ken. I have always been especially challenged by:
“What is to give light must endure burning.” Viktor Frankl
I really liked that quote from Isaac last week, too. I couldn’t remember it exactly when I wrote it down, though. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, I always used to feel guilty using my iphone in church to capture ideas. People probably think I’m texting. Obviously not a problem at Summit where the average age is about 27 :-).