Ungrateful Wretch

"The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow."

~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Doing Something

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something."

~ Neil Gaiman

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Change of Mind

Can God change His mind?

Clearly He can, because there are several times in the Bible when He either "repented of" what He was doing planning on doing, or allowing to happen; or when prayer changed the same.

But the Bible also says that God cannot change. So is this a contradiction?

The Bible says that God can't change. God Himself will always be the same, "yesterday, and today, and for ever." (Hebrews 13:8) When someone changes his mind, that doesn't necessarily change who he is; only what his is doing, saying etc. God is love, God is good, God is just, God is merciful, God can do no wrong... Those things will never change. But because God is merciful, He will sometimes change His mind--for the good of His people, or simply because He loves us.

So, yes, God can change His mind. No, this is not a contradiction, but rather another facet of Who our loving, almighty Father is.

~ Jessy

Source: my Facebook > 22 April 2013

Writing and Living

"'Silly Mel. Writing is about life. Living is just preparing for writing.' I grin at her convinced I've said something deep that will be handed down to future generations.

"She does something with her hair and some clips she took out of her pocket, 'Then why,' she says around the one she's holding in her teeth, 'Don't you do it more often?'"

~ the Anne-girl

Source: Scribblings of My Pen and Tappings of My Keyboard > 2013 > January > Did You Know?

Character Index

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."

~ Abigail van Buren

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 9 January 2014

A Song

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song"

~ Maya Angelou

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 4 April 2014

The Heart

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."

~ Jeremiah

Source: Bible Gateway VOTD, 2 July 2014; The King James Bible > Jeremiah 17:9-10

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

The Soccer Experience

"The World Cup experience is more than just the game of soccer. It's an event. And it will fly by faster than you think. It will end and you'll be saying, 'Wow, it's over already?' You have to remember to take it all in and enjoy it."

~ Cobi Jones

Source: brainyquote.com

Who You Are

"You are a hero, who helped your people. You're a beautiful woman that loved an ugly man -- really, really loved me. You find goodness in others, and when it's not there, you create it. You make me want to go back to the best version of me, and that never happened before. So when you look in the mirror, and you don't know who you are... That's who you are."

~ Mr. Gold [to Belle]

Once Upon a Time > season two > episode #16 "The Miller's Daughter"
Source: Facebook > Once Upon a time ~ {Anything can happen in fairytale land; > albums > Rumbelle (Rumpelstiltskin/Belle) Quotes.

Adventures

"Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life."

~ Ian Fleming

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday 28 May 2014

Learning to Ride

"It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget."

~ Eoin Colfer

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Give Them Love

"Give the children love, more love, and still more love -- and the common sense will come by itself."

~ Astrid Lindgren

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 14 November 2013

Music Begins

"Where words leave off, music begins."

~ Heinrich Heine

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 13 December 2013

All That Forsake Thee

"O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters."

~ Jeremiah

Source: The King James Bible > Jeremiah 17:13

Sweat and Blood

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle."

~ unknown

Source: Google images (search: "sports quotes")

Freedom

"Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed -- else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die."

~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Source: quotegarden.com

Stark Apologies

"Pepper, it's me. I've got a lot of apologies to make and not a lot of time, so... first off. I'm so sorry I put you in harm's way. That was selfish and stupid and it won't happen again. Also, it's Christmas time. The rabbit's too big. Done. Sorry. And I'm sorry in advance because... I can't come home yet. [pauses] I need to find this guy. You gotta stay safe. That's all I know. I just stole a poncho from a wooden Indian."

~ Tony Stark, Iron Man 3

Source: imdb.com > Iron Man 3 > quotes

Miles To Go

"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."

~ Robert Frost, "Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening"

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 7 March 2014

Unintentional Menace

"God save us from people who mean well."

~ Vikram Seth

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 20 June 2014

Superstitious Fears

"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."

~ George Carlin

"Get ready! Today is both Friday the 13th and a full moon. Superstitious fears about Friday the 13th began in the late 19th century, but belief that the full moon causes chaos has ancient roots."

~ Goodreads

While I don't believe in superstitions and luck, if asked I would tell you that I consider Friday, the number 13, the full moon, and wolves all to be good luck.             Jessy

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 13 June 2014

Possibility

"So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible."

~ Norton Juster

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 2 June 2014

The World Itself

"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."

~ John

Source: The King James Bible > John 21:25

Football

"When I meet a European, the first thing I say is, "I'd much rather watch football than football." But I'm just teasing them, and they know I'd really rather watch football than football."

~ Jarod Kintz

Source: Goodreads quotes > quotes about soccer

Rattle the Stars

"Look at you! Glowing like a solar fire. You're something special, Jim. You're gonna rattle the stars, you are."

~ John Silver, Treasure Planet

Source: imdb.com > Treasure Planet (2002) > quotes

Words to Story

"When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape."

~ Louise Erdrich

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 7 June 2014

Sing!

"Lift every voice and sing."

~ James Weldon Johnson

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Beautiful

"You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful."

~ Amy Bloom

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 13 June 2014

Philosophical

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 26 April 2014

He That Reads and Hears

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

~ John of Patmos

Source: The King James Bible > Revelation 1:3

The Nonpareil Event

"Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport."

~ Serge Schmemann

Source: brainyquote.com