Quips and Quotes: A to Z Blogging Challenge

I don't know about you, but I love little words of wisdom...short and sweet.  That's why I have read through this tiny book that I found in our church library: "Salt Cellars"gathered by Charles H. Spurgeon, (1834-1892) a British Baptist Preacher.  

Charles H. Spurgeon,  www.godrules.net/library/spurgeon

In the Forward of the book, Spurgeon defines a proverb or saying as having three components:


Shortness, Sense and Salt!



Here are a few of my favorites:

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Children speak words, men should speak things..there are many old children, and very few well-grown men. 


A courageous foe is more to be admired than a cowardly friend.


A man without courage is like a knife without an edge.

A short cut is often the longest way.


A contented mind has a continual feast.


A journey of a thousand miles is begun with a step.


Better be half an hour too soon than a minute too late.


You will be the same person next year, than you are today, except for the people you meet and the books you will read.


Every lock of sorrow has a key of promise to fit it.


Great oaks were once little acorns...despise not the day of small things.


Hard words often come from soft heads.


He is wise who follows the wise.


He that is full of himself is very empty.


He who is always resting will soon be rusting.


Honor your parents, and your children will honor you.



Idle people are dead people that you can't bury.


If one door shuts, another will open.


In deep waters men find great pearls.


It takes a long time to say nothing.


Keep your mouth shut, and no flies will get in.


Knowledge is power.


Life isn't all sunshine, nor is it all shade;There are profits and losses in every trade.

What about you...which quote rings true with you?

You can find "Salt Cellars" here

Information on Spurgeon here
and another here

Lessons from Lanky Lincoln and other Leaders: A to Z Blogging Challenge

"In regard to this great book, I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to men. All that the good Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book."  Abraham Lincoln, speaking about the Bible 


"Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be." 

"The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of the government in the next." 


"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." 


"He does best in God's great world who does his best in his own little world." 




"Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise." George Washington, "Rules of Civility"

"It is impossible to govern rightly without God and the Bible." 
















"An undutiful daughter will make an unmanageable wife." Benjamin Franklin, "Poor Richard's Almanac"

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.  As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."


"If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality."  










"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."  Thomas Edison 













Quotes taken from "Lessons for Leaders" compiled and arranged by Sandi Queen

Which of these quotes rings true with you??

Books, Books and More Books! A to Z Blogging Challenge

We love books in our family...books we've read, books we will read in the future, books we keep for reference, those we want to pass on to future generations, or to friends and family.  In my husband's case, he has collected books to be read when he retires. You can see that our home is replete with books. On shelves, tables, and couches...

 Almost two decades ago, I found the book, "A Passion for Books" by Terry W. Glaspey. In reading it, I was delighted with the quotes found therein. They are mostly from authors themselves, and they ring true.

 What good is a book?



 NO BOOK is really worth reading at ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.  C.S. Lewis




 When I get a little money, I buy books; and if there is any left I buy food and clothes.  Desiderius Erasmus

 Some books are meant to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence, attention.  Francis Bacon

Our homeschool books

 If he shall not lose his reward who gives a cup of cold water to his thirsty neighbor, what will not be the reward of those who by putting good books into the hands of those neighbors, open to them the fountains of eternal life? Thomas à Kempis

My 'must-read' stash

 Books are the compass and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. Jess Lee Bennett

 My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read. Abraham Lincoln

 We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves. Joseph Epstein

Olivia's bookshelf (one of many!)

 The love of reading enables a man to exchange the wearisome hours of life, which come to everyone, for hours of delight.  Montesquieu



 A home without books is like a room without windows...A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man's history.  It is a man's duty to have books.  A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessities of life.    Henry Ward Beecher

A portion of my husband's shelf

 My early and invincible love of reading...I would not exchange for the treasures of India.  Edward Gibbon There is a space on everyone's bookshelves for books one has outgrown but cannot give away.  They hold one's youth between their leaves, like flowers pressed on a half-forgotten summer's day.   Marion C. Garretty

Why do you read books?