…MENTORS’ SEMINAR AT MASON COLLEGE,FESTAC
A 35-Year Personal Compilation of Extracted Quotes (Nos 951-1000)
951 . . . the dead take to the grave, clutched in their hands, only what they have given away . . . de witt Wallace
952 . . . do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time.no one learn more about a problem than a person at the bottom . . . Sandra day o’ connor
953 . . . it is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens . . . cynthia e. vernado
954 . . . tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven’t been taxed . . . art buchwald
955 . . . the only way to have a friend is to be one . . . ralph waldo emerson
956 . . . only your friends will tell you when your face is dirty . . . sicilian proverb
957 . . . when buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators . . . p. j. o’rourke
958 . . . love does not consist in gazing at each other, but looking outward together in the same direction . . . antoine de saint- exupery
959 . . . one must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste . . . goethe
960 . . . there are two types of people . . . those who come into a room and say, “well, here I am!” and those types of people . . . those who come in and say, “ah, there you are”. . . . fredrick l. colins
961 . . . the real measure of a day’s heat is the length of a sleeping cat . . . charles j. brandy in home life
962 . . . many are the varnish. Few are the wood . . . jose narosky, sendas (Javier vergara, Buenos aires)
963 . . . being right half the time beats being half-right all the time . . . malcolm s. forbes in forbes
964 . . . poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance . . . carl sandburg
965 . . . television remote controls encourage cough potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base . . . william arthur ward.
966 . . . of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story . . . margaret thatcher
967 . . . organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up . . . a. a. milne
968 . . . if it is bright and sunny after cold and rainy days, it is probably Monday . . . hugh b. brous, jr.
969 . . . we are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm . . . winston churchill
970 . . . “this is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh” . . . genesis
971 . . . “in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread” . . . genesis
972 . . . “am I my brother’s keeper”? . . . genesis
973 . . . “in thy seed shall the nations of the earth be blessed” genesis
974 . . . “the voice is jacob’s voice but the hands are the hands of esau” . . . genesis
975 . . . “I am that I am” . . . exodus
976 . . . “let my people go that they may serve me” . . . exodus
977 . . . “I am the lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the land of bondage” . . . exodus
978 . . .“thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy God in vain” . . . exodus
979 . . . “honour thy father and mother as thy self” . . . leveticus
980 . . . “thou shalt love your neighbor as thy self” . . . leveticus
981 . . . “the lord bless thee and keep thee . . . the lord make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee. The lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace” . . . numbers
982 . . . “man doth not live by bread only but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the lord doth man live” . . . deuteronomy
983 . . . “and Israel what doth thy lord thy God require of thee but to fear the lord thy God, to walk in all his ways and to love him and serve the lord thy God will all thy heart and with all thy soul” . . . Deuteronomy
984 . . . “where thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge.Thy people shall be my people and thy God shall be my God” . . . ruth
985 . . . “speak lord for thy servant heareth” . . . 1 samuel
986 . . . “how are the mighty fallen”! . . . 2 samuel
987 . . . “naked came I out of my mother’s womb and naked shalt i return thither”; the lord gave and the lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the lord” . . . job
988 . . . “though he slay me, yet will I trust in him” . . . job
989 . . . “out of the mouth said in his heart there is no God” . . . psalms
990 . . . “the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handwork” . . . psalm
991 . . . “let the word of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight o lord my strength and my redeemer” . . . psalms
992 . . .“the lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” . . . psalms
993 . . . “weeping may endure in the night but joy cometh in the morning” . . . psalms
994 . . . “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” . . . psalms
995 . . . “the stone which the builder rejected is become the head stone of the corner” . . . psalms
996 . . . “thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” . . . psalms
997 . . . “they that sow in tears shall reap in joy” . . . psalms
998 . . . “pride goeth before destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall” . . . proverb
999 . . . “boast not thyself to tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” . . . proverb
1000 . . . “vanity of vanities saith the preacher, vanity or vanities all is vanity” . . . ecclesiastices
PEARLS : WISDOM OF SEVERAL AGES! 