No Limits to Learning

"I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my conviction that there are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age."

~ Cristiano Ronaldo

Source: Goodreads > quotes about soccer

Wise Enough to Fool

"I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had."

~ Margaret Mead

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 16 December 2013

A Higher Standard

"As a servant of Christ you should hold yourself to a higher standard. Do your best at everything and anything because you represent Jesus and are the only light people may see. Just getting by is not an option. Excuses are not an option. Be educated, knowledgeable and intellectual. Learn how to communicate with people, learn manners, embrace hobbies and activities that expand your mind and keep you sharp. Be responsible. Learn how to budget and understand financial matters. If you have a family, study and read about relationships, talk to others who have success, read books on training your children and take the time and energy to do a good job. Read your Bible and pray and be looking out for the devil. Proactive, Christians. #noexcuse"

~ Sherrie Beaumont

Source: Facebook > Sherrie Beaumont > 25 June 2014

Beautiful Theft

"One of the surest tests [of the superiority or inferiority of a poet] is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is town; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion. A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest."

~ T. S. Eliot

Source: Scribblings > archive > 2012 > October > "Q&A Session with Jessica"

A Part of You

"Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow."

~ Anita Desai

Source: Goodreads QUOTD for Tuesday, 24 June 2014

One Scarred Hand to the Other

"Here I am, Lord, and I'm drowning
In your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where you found me
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight
I know You've cast my sin as far as the east is from the west
And I stand before You now as though I've never sinned
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From You leaving me this way

"Jesus, can You show me just how far the east is from the west
'Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
'Cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other"

~ "East to West" by Casting Crowns

Source: AZlyrics.com

Where No Water Is

"O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee."

~ David

Source: The King James Bible > Psalm 63:1-3