Quotations Anyone?

[SureWord 261]

"So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained."

Robert E. Lee

[SureWord 261]

"A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever." - John Adams

[Alan 3,521]

"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." The Lord Jesus; Mathew 7:20

[1Timothy115 933]

On 2/25/2021 at 12:50 AM, SureWord said:

you can't expect people to shake off all the heresies over night

Sure,

I don't, I've seen it at work in many Catholic friends I've had over the years. I'm sorry if it sounded that I thought Martin Luther had...would or should.

Edited February 27 by 1Timothy115
completed thought

[1Timothy115 933]

Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage.                                                             
                                                                                                   Ronald Reagan

[Alan 3,521]

"I ask only to be a good and faithful servant of my Lord and my people." President Harry S. Truman

[SureWord 261]

1 hour ago, 1Timothy115 said:

Sure,

I don't, I've seen it at work in many Catholic friends I've had over the years. I'm sorry if it sounded that I thought Martin Luther had...would or should.

No need to apologize, bro. We do need to be careful with some of the theology of the Reformers and Church Fathers but at the same time some Christians will thrash the entire testimonies and words of those great men.  

[1Timothy115 933]

"If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all."  Many people are given originality for this quote, but I first heard it from my mother.

[SureWord 261]

"If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else." – Yogi Berra

[HappyChristian 3,688]

On 2/26/2021 at 3:01 AM, Bouncing Bill said:

Where can I find the rules. I have look but have not found them. 

As Alan posted, they are here: 

Please go to the link and read the rules - it's good for all members to know them.  It really does not matter if you see a difference in the wording of two different versions, as you mentioned to Alan. Nor does it matter if Jesus spoke Old English (which all of us know He did not) or Hebrew, Latin, Greek, or Russian. The fact is that OB is a KJV site. Refrain from using other versions. Thank you.

 

[1Timothy115 933]

Madison's final words during his introduction to congress for a 'Bill of Rights'

"I think we should obtain the confidence of our fellow- citizens, in proportion as we fortify the rights of the people against the encroachments of the Government."

James Madison

[Bouncing Bill 82]

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”

Terry Pratchett

[SureWord 261]

"Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[Salyan 1,940]

Because the historian in me can't resist....  

Old English (rough translation from KJV because I can't find a Greek to Anglo-Saxon translator):
" Forrrwam be hira foldwaestm git diht becnawan hie."

[1Timothy115 933]

34 minutes ago, Salyan said:

Because the historian in me can't resist....  

Old English (rough translation from KJV because I can't find a Greek to Anglo-Saxon translator):
" Forrrwam be hira foldwaestm git diht becnawan hie."

I've always thought I liked history, but now...this isn't sinking into my .

[1Timothy115 933]

Warren G. Harding innaugural address March 4, 1921"

"Standing in this presence, mindful of the solemnity of this occasion, feeling the emotions which no one may know until he senses the great weight of responsibility for himself, I must utter my belief in the divine inspiration of the founding fathers. Surely there must have been God’s intent in the making of this new-world Republic."

[SureWord 261]

"There is no work better than another to please God: to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a souter [cobbler], or an apostle, all is one; to wash dishes and to preach is all one, as touching tho deed, to please God." - William Tyndale

Edited March 3 by SureWord

[1Timothy115 933]

"Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done." - William Shakespeare

"There's no other place like this place anywhere near this place so this must be the place." - Preachers 

[Ukulelemike 3,852]

"There's only one God, Ma'am, and I'm pretty sure He doesn't dress that way." -Captain America, speaking about Thor and Loki in Marvel's Avengers.   (A rare enlightened comment from an atheist director)

[Salyan 1,940]

"To quote from a recent writer from the Old Country on life in Western Canada: "For a man in the West marriage does not mean what it does among the well-to-do at home, giving up a comfortable bachelor lodgings for a life of house-owning and smart dinners; it means leaving a ghastly loneliness for companionship and help, and squalor for decent comfort. For a woman in this new land the sphere of the home does not mean polishing scratches on silver or decorating the dining room with masses of flowers, but feeding and clothing and cheering husband and children, and being kind to poor bachelors round about who need kindness badly. Woman is at her old task as the civilizer, not as the over-civilizer."
- Alberta, Past & Present, 1924

[Bouncing Bill 82]

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein

I did not know Einstein was so harsh in his comments. But I must admit, he has made a good point. 

[Bouncing Bill 82]

“I’m glad to be a junior [senator],” he thundered. “I'm glad to sit on the back row; for I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty."

Alben Barkley's last words. He was giving a speech at Washington and Lee University and calloused and died on stage. 

[1Timothy115 933]

“A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will come out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[SureWord 261]

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

- George S. Patton

Edited March 12 by SureWord

[Bouncing Bill 82]

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

Thomas Carlyle

[Bouncing Bill 82]

Travel light, move fast.

Title of book by Alexandra Fuller.  Good advice IMHO. It is a good read.

[1Timothy115 933]

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. - Niccolo Machiavelli

[Bouncing Bill 82]

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” – Ray Bradbury

[SureWord 261]

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."

J.S. Bach

[Alan 3,521]

"The Missionary Conference is the business meeting of the church to determine the fate of the heathen." Dr. Charles Keen, First Baptist Church, Milford, Ohio

[Alan 3,521]

Jim,

Good question. I heard Dr. Keen use this quote at a Missions Conference back in sometime in 1994 or thereabouts. I had written the quote in my Bible and then Dr. Keen signed the Bible. He may, or may not, have been the originator of the quote. If you have any other information that lets us know who originally used this quote let us know.

Alan

[1Timothy115 933]

On 3/15/2021 at 7:11 PM, Alan said:

Jim,

Good question. I heard Dr. Keen use this quote at a Missions Conference back in sometime in 1994 or thereabouts. I had written the quote in my Bible and then Dr. Keen signed the Bible. He may, or may not, have been the originator of the quote. If you have any other information that lets us know who originally used this quote let us know.

Alan

Whoever said it, I like it.

 

[SureWord 261]

"I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times."

John Bunyan

[Jim_Alaska 2,397]

Bro. Alan, I don't have anything to add to that quote and never heard it before. What I wrote, I wrote because I didn't quite know what to think about it and at first glance didn't think I agreed with it. But I deleted that post because what I said didn't really need to be said at all. I thought better of posting it and deleted it.  

[1Timothy115 933]

“Our greatest danger perhaps is that of multiplying organizations and broadening our mission until the important and essential task for which we exist has been either lost sight of or is entirely crowded out.” ~ Oswald J. Smith, The Man God Uses