Well Said

Chicago Cubs

“How depressing is your life, really? Would you equate it to being a life-long Cub’s fan, or say, being born without lips?” -the Janitor, Scrubs

Death  

“When a person dies, a universe dies right along with them.”  -Dr. Marcel Kinsbourne

Discipline

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and orginal in your work”  -Gustav Flaubert

“There is no such thing as discipline in the large areas without discipline in the small areas.  There is no such thing as partial discipline.    There is only one type of discipline: perfect discipline.”  -George S. Patton

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” -Muhammad Ali

Jesus

“The Word did not become a philosophy, a theory, or a concept to be discussed, debated, or pondered.  But the Word became a Person to be followed, enjoyed, and loved!”  -Roy Lessin

Spiritual Formation  

“God instructs the heart not by means of ideas, but by pains and contradictions.” -Fr. Jean-Pierre de Caussade, J.J.

Soldering
American soldiers in battle don’t fight for what some president says on T.V., they don’t fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag…they fight for one another.”  - Lt. Col. Hal Moore

Soldiers & Violence
“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” – Winston Churchill

“Those who ‘abjure’ violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf” -George Orwell

“Men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.”  -George Orwell

“Yes, making mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep” –Rudyard Kiplin

“I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it.” –Aaron Sorkin in A Few Good Men

Questions
“Live your questions now, and perhaps, even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.” -Rainer Marie Rilke

#ffcc99;”>Perseverence

“The question is not how far you take it… the question is do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith to go as far as needed?” -The Boondock Saints

Suffering
“Faith transforms the meaning of suffering.”  -the Holy Innocents

Thankfulness

As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. -David Steindl-Rast

Theology
‎”I have long come to the conclusion that men may be more systematic in their statements than the Bible, and may be led into grave error by idolatrous veneration of a system.” – Bishop J.C. Ryle

Truth

“Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.” -St. Francis de Sales; I love it.

Writing
“Forget your personal tragedy.  We are all bitched from the start, and you especially have to be hurt before you can write seriously.  But when you get damned hurt, use it… A man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.”  -Ernest Hemmingway

“The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, sent to walk the earth”.  -William Butler Yeats