I often write down quotes that make me think or strike my heart. I decided to share my quotations with you. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I have. Please visit the Quote Archive for more quotes..
December 2004 Quotations
December 1
Everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says:" Awake, O Sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light." Watch carefully then how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise.
-Ephesians 5:14-15
December 2
Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep.
-Agnes Meyer
December 3
Faith is the substance of things hoped, and proof of things invisible to mortal sight.
-Dante
December 4
When you lie down, you need not be afraid, when you rest your sleep will be sweet. Be not afraid of sudden terror of the ruin of the wicked. When it comes; for the Lord will be your confidence and it will keep your foot from the snare.
-Proverbs 3::24-26
December 5
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
-Jean De La Bruyere
December 6
As God's chosen ones, holy & beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, & patience. Bear with one another, and if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other.
-Colossians 3:12-13a
December 7
They whom we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are.
-St. John Chrysostom
December 8
Go Forth In Peace
Be Still Within Yourself
And know that the Trail
Is Beautiful..
May the Winds Be Gentle
Upon Your Face
And your Direction
Be Straight and True
As the Flight of the Eagle.
Walk in Beauty
And Harmony with God
And All People.
-A Navajo Blessing
December 9
Do you realize the privilege of giving to God? It is yours at every moment.
-Cornelia Connolly
December 10
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
-George Eliot
December 11
I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the color and fragrance of a flower, the light in my darkness, the voice in my silence.
-Helen Keller
December 12
The more we lack in the world, the more surely we discover the best thing the Earth has to offer us: The Cross.
-Charles de Foucauld
December 13
I can not walk an inch without trying to walk to God.
-Anne Sexton
December 15
The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrificing, and with extreme effort.
-St. Padre Pio
December 16
Every morning lean your arms awhile upon the windowsill of heaven and gaze upon the Lord. Then with the vision in your heart, turn strong to meet your day.
-Thomas Blake
December 17
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture.
-Marlene Dietrich
December 18
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
-Elie Wiesel
December 19
Everyone can be great because everybody can serve. . . you only need a heart full of grace.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
December 20
Did I offer peace today?
Did I bring a smile to someone's face?
Did I say words of healing?
Did I forgive?
Did I love?
These are the real questions!
-Henri Nouwen
December 21
The heart has reasons which reason cannot know.
-Blaise Pascal
December 22
Here is a rule for everyday life: Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God.
-St. John Vianney
December 23
I ask you one thing; Do not tire of giving; but do not give your leftovers. Give until it hurts, until you feel the pain.
-Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
December 24
Each day provides its own gifts.
-Ruth Freedman
December 25
Name your gifts, claim them, and let your light shine. It's a way of saying thank you to God.
-Debra Farrington
December 26
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
-Dodie Smith
December 27
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
-Hebrews 11:1
December 28
No One draws closer to a knowledge of the truth than he who has advanced far in the knowledge of divine things, and yet knows that something always remains to be discovered.
-Leo the Great
December 29
If you knew how much I loved you, you would cry with JOY- - -
-Author Unknown
December 30
At the evening of life, you will be examined in love. Learn to love as God desires to be loved and abandon your own ways of acting.
-St. John of the Cross
December 31
Hope is hearing the melody of the future. Faith is dancing to it today.
Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God and, trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for your will come back and take you with me so that you may be where I am going.
