August 21, 2011:

Ponderings of a Pilgrim PASTOR

“Think About This”

"There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult." — Warren Buffett

"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to an idealized past." — Robertson Davies

"A good storyteller is a person who has a good memory and hopes other people don’t!" — Irvin S. Cobb

"We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too." — Helen Hayes

"Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee of personal failure." — Bill Clinton

"The only way to let your dreams come true is to wake up." — Paul Valery

"No child left behind" makes a great slogan but slogans won’t make it happen." — DCB

"When all people think alike, no one thinks very much." — Walter Lippman

"A problem well put is a problem half solved." — John Dewey

"The real menace in dealing with a 5-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a 5-year-old." — Jean Kerr

"Sports is the toy department of life." — Jimmy Cannon "A country without a memory is a country of madmen." — George Santayana

"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self." — May Sarton

"I think it would be a good idea." — Mahatma Gandhi when asked what he thought of western civilization.

"What luck for rulers that people do not think." — Adolf Hitler

"Democracy is the worst possible form of government until you consider all the alternatives." —Winston Churchill

"When I reach the end of my life I think I will not regret the things I haven’t done but rather not appreciating enough what I did." — DCB

Love,
Pastor Dave