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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

A Way With Words


It's quote time again, those statements that make you think and smile. I've included some here for you to muse over. In between are some of my favorite fawn pictures through the years.

"Books and dogs make good companions."  Penny Abbott


"Courage, my heart! Go on little by little, for many littles will make a great whole."  Charles Spurgeon


"A dog at the feet of her mistress. A cat curled up in front of the family fireplace, a cow in the midst of a green pasture--these are pictures of contentment far beyond what most human beings enjoy."  Dorothy Patterson


"I have come to realize, that the radiance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not take away the fragrance of the little violets or the delightful simplicity of the daisy. Perfection consists in being what God wants us to be. "  Th'erese


"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."  E. E. Cummings


"A good friend is a connection to the past and a road to the future."  Lois Wyse


"God mightily uses Christians who stay cool in a hot place, sweet in a sour place, and little in a big place."  Tommy's Window


"The only way of getting a good life is first getting a good heart."  Henrietta C. Mears


"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul and can never be taken in overdoses." Luther Burbank


"And I can live my life on earth contented to the end, if but a few shall know my worth and proudly call me friend."  Edgar A. Guest


"Sometimes in the winds of change you'll find your direction."  Unknown


"Every calling is great when greatly pursued."  Oliver Wendall Holmes


"Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity."  Charles Swindoll


"Blinking back the tears I'm thinking, may just clear the heart for sight: as windshield wipers help us on a stormy, windswept night."  Ruth Graham


"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability."  Sam Keen


"I hang my own paintings in our home because, as immodest as this may sound, I really enjoy my own work."  Thomas Kinkade


"Nothing to do ... nothing to do ... what a happy thought!"  Winnie the Pooh
 


"That flower which follows the sun, doth so even in cloudy days ..." Robert Leighton



"A healthy perspective on household chores includes determining your maximum acceptable dirt level." Unknown


"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."  Robert Benchley


"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experiences." J. Vernon McGee


"Stones and trees speak slowly and may take a week to get out a single sentence, and there are few men, unfortunately, with the patience to wait for an oak to finish a thought."  Garrison Keillor


"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." Thornton Wilder


"When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole new world; a world where every country walk would be an adventure, where every garden would become an enchanted one." Princess Grace of Monaco

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