"God gave me a plan."

"God gave me a plan."

~ Phyllis Duncan, Schwenkfelder Mission Church, 9/25/2022

Marriage - Martin Luther

Marriage

"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, 
and let him make her sorry to see him leave."

~ Martin Luther

Albert Einstein quote about "a holy curiosity"

Albert Einstein quote about "a holy curiosity"

Curiosity

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

~ Albert Einstein

https://www.azquotes.com/author/4399-Albert_Einstein/tag/curiosity

"When it rains gold, put out the bucket."

"When it rains gold, put out the bucket."

~ Warren Buffett

"democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried"

Winston S. Churchill said the following famous quip about democracy (House of Commons, 11 November 1947)—but he was quoting an unknown predecessor (note bold face below). Credit Churchill as publicist for an unsourced aphorism. 

From Churchill by Himself, 574:

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…"

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/12/08/democracy-worst/

"Don’t let that slip become a slide."

"Slips are totally normal. 

When you have a slip, it’s just that. A slip. It doesn’t define you. It doesn’t make you a failure. 

The most important thing is that you don’t let that slip become a slide."

~ Jennette McCurdy

"Always look for the helpers," she'd tell me.

In 1986, Fred Rogers wrote this in a syndicated newspaper column:

I was spared from any great disasters when I was little, but there was plenty of news of them in newspapers and on the radio, 
and there were graphic images of them in newsreels.

For me, as for all children, the world could have come to seem a scary place to live. 

But I felt secure with my parents, and they let me know that we were safely together whenever I showed concern about accounts of alarming events in the world.

There was something else my mother did that I've always remembered: 

"Always look for the helpers," she'd tell me. 
"There's always someone who is trying to help." 

I did, and I came to see that the world is full of doctors and nurses, 
police and firemen, volunteers, neighbors and friends 
who are ready to jump in to help when things go wrong.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/look-for-the-helpers/

The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us

"The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us
is that we are 
to reach out when our instinct is to pull inward; 
to give when we want to take; 
to love when we are inclined to hate; 
to include when are tempted to exclude."

~ Jon Meacham

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live in.”

“Take care of your body.
It’s the only place you have to live in.”

 ~ Jim Rohn

“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”

“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”

~ Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy