Bill Vaughan Quotes
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It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
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The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.
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O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!
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I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
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Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
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I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God.
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The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England.
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The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
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The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident
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Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn''t be seen dead at
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The wise individual doesn't get too attached to any of life's pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it's bad for him.
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In Southern California along the coast, if the only thing you can do with the land is agriculture, it would be substantially less (in value) than property that has almost any other allowable use.
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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. One must seem to hear the unreasonable demands of the petulant, unmoved, and the tedious details of the dull, untired. That is the least price that a man must pay for a high station.
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Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
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In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.
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Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks.
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What we need to envision the future, ... stop thinking about the present and saying, 'Let's put a Band-Aid here.
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For a deed to be totally pure, it must be done without any thought of reward, whether worldly or divine.
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Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world.
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Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick out his brains.
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies.
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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
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Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.