Quotes of the Week - May 31st - Happy Memorial Day, Patriotic Quotes.

You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
--George Bernard Shaw

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.
--Lao-Tzu

Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened.
--Winston Churchill

How soon we forget history...Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
--George Washington

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
--Frederick Douglass

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
--Frederick Douglass

To those who have served, those who will serve, and to those who choose to lead and take our country by the horns.

Have a good Memorial Day.

Quotes of the Week - Monday, May 24

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.
--Henry David Thoreau
Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.
--German Proverb
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that a pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.
--Winston Churchill
He who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder.
--Ethiopian Proverb
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy,the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colon.
--Chris Rock
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.
--Italian Proverb

That's it for this week.  Come back next week to fill your piggy bank with a couple more pennies for thought.

Saying of the Week

From now on I will do my best to produce several inspirational or strong minded quotes each week.
My first set...
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
--Thomas Jefferson
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.
--Anonymous
Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
--Thomas Jefferson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. 
--Nelson Mandela
Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
--John Maxwell
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.--Gordon B. Hinckley

That's it for this week.  I am excited to spout some more wisdom that I myself will probably never follow.
--Eli

While I'm in Heaven

I'll miss you even if I don't know you, I wouldn't want to see you fall.
If you're down I will help you up, you know it's for the good of all.
It doesn't take more than one person to start a trend, there will be millions following by the end.
I want you to know I'll love you, won't ever let you go, I'll face the pain of all your lives just to let you know--

I hope you dance while I'm in heaven,
cause' I would dance for you,
I hope you sing while I'm in heaven It would be the right thing to do.

So I lift up-- my hands-- and sing,
O' I want you to know I'll love you,
won't ever let you go,
I'll face rain in a world of lies just to let you know--

I hope you laugh while I'm in heaven,
cause I would laugh with you,
I hope you pray while I'm in heaven because I am always praying for you.

Listen to the Wind

There once was a saddened man who lived in his boat,
deep within his sorrows, dug inside his moat.
If you listen to the wind, you can still hear him cry.

There once was a nervous man worryin' all the time,
We tried to teach him to smile and even make rhyme.
If you listen to the wind you can still hear him whimper,
like a stray little dog beggin' for his dinner.

These situation were not good to have had,
but how can you respect the good when you haven't had the bad?

There once was a lonely man ,
his only way was words,
he is singin' this song right now only to be heard.
If you listen to the wind you can still hear him sing,
belting out in chorus, holding his six string.

I am all of these and more my friend, but the advice I have for you...

These situations are not good to have had, but
how can you respect the good in time
when you haven't had the bad?