Cherry Picking from the Firmament

“… Powdered Toast Man ASSESSES THE SITUATION!!!” -  The Ren & Stimpy Show - Powdered Toast Man, narrator

“Don’t be ridiculous!” – Batman, Batman, ‘60’s TV series

“Democracy Demands Wisdom.” - Motto of the National Endowment for the Humanities

“You don’t want to have accidental contact if you didn’t mean it." - Hubie Brown

“You can’t change what you think without changing what you do.” - Troy Gramling

“Follow your bliss.” - Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth, PBS

“… you’ll be in agony city!” – Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting

“Just beat the devil out of it.” - Bob Ross, The Best of the Joy of Painting

“There’s always a reward for doing right.” - Joel Osteen

“You don’t have to be crazy to do this, but it helps.” - Bob Ross, The Best of the Joy of Painting

“Don’t overwork your cloud!” - Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting

“God will allow difficulty to increase our endurance.” - Joel Osteen

“If your going to change your I Am, you’ve got to shake off the negative voices.” - Joel Osteen

“What’s wrong with angry?” – Phil Sims, The NFL Today

“Jesus saves, Moses invests.” - Alan King, The Ed Sullivan Show

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my Mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” - Fred Rogers, Mr. Rodger’s Neighborhood

“… the power of paying attention.” – Deepak Chopra, "?," PBS

“Always take the High Road.” – Steve Shapiro, WSVN News, “Sports,” TV

“Pull harder Will Robinson!” – Robot, Lost In Space, TV

“If you can’t trust the voters, who can you trust?” - Batman, Batman, ‘60’s TV series

"... if it’s simply that of doing what the environment tells you to do … the environment is your dragon ...." - Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth, PBS

“It sounded like a batzooka!” - a Penguin henchman, Batman, ‘60’s TV series

“Misty areas are your good friend.” – Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting

“… and just take out all your hostilities.” - Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting

“Not the zombie queen - she’s all about the apocalypse!” – John Henson, Wipeout, TV

“You caused me to be.” – Scipio Africanus, Hannibal – Rome’s Worst Nightmare, TV

“I will give you lip now.” – Roy Underhill, The Woodwright’s Shop, Create TV

“Yes, it is still in my memory banks.” – Ruk, Star Trek, “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”, 1966.

“You can be sure, if it’s Batman.” - Commissioner Gordon, Batman, ‘60’s TV series

“A Que Puede!” - Estrella TV

“Our crystal balls are more cloudy than usual.” - CBS Evening News correspondent, 06-07-2013

“It’s about hatred and the danger of not being aware of what’s going on around you.” - John Kander, Broadway Musicals, A Jewish Legacy

“Learn from the past, plan for the future, but live in the moment.” - Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi, Super Brain with Dr. Rudy Tanzi

“Then what?” - Dr. Daniel Amen

“A friend helps you be more successful. An accomplice enables bad habits.” – Dr. Daniel Amen

"Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye and deny it." - Garrison Keillor, A Prairie Home Companion

“I have never been so happy and confident than I am at the present time.” - William L. Garrison, The Abolitionists, PBS

“Everything is ready as it has never been before.” – Winston Churchill, Churchill, part 1, WPBT

“… I will not be beaten by the baboons.” – Winston Churchill, Churchill, pt. 1, WPBT

“There’s a difference between being angry and being an idiot.” - Bob Hartley, The Bob Newhart Show

“Sometimes you have to know a person for years before you [realize] you’re strangers.” - Mary Richards, The Mary Tyler Moore Show

“Once you lie, start digging.” - Charley Rose, Charley Rose

"God has some simple things in your future." - Joel Osteen

“Consensus frequently is false.” – Alvin Toffler, Between the Lines, with Barry Kibrick, PBS

“This is a learning process and sometimes you have to fall in order to learn things.” - Christine Korda (@christinekorda)

“You cannot take back stupid.” – Dr. Phillip McGraw, Dr. Phil

“Remember, the lamb will continue to cook on the shovel.” – Steven Raichlen, Primal Grill

“You politicians have got things in a hell of a fix and you may get them out as best you can.” - W.T. Sherman, The Civil War

“Where was I supposed to go?” – Violet Indiana, Sundance

“It’s not rocket science - just say yes and we’ll move on!” – Will Ferrel, SNL, “Space, The Infinite Universe,” TV

“Beelzebub surely reigns here ….” – George Templeton Strong, The Civil War, PBS

“God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time.” – Abraham Lincoln, The Civil War, PBS

“You never know when I’m gonna have to whittle!” – Bryan Cranston, Charlie Rose, PBS

“Right now you’re as young as you’re ever going to be.” – Ed Slott, Ed Slott’s Retirement Rescue, PBS

“One thing I loved about the Black Panthers is that they refused to be ignored.” - Father George Clements, Eyes On The Prize - episode 12

“In a corrupt society, you don’t trust anyone.” - Daniel Coyle, Charley Rose

“Bonanza is not an accurate depiction of the West.” - Sam, Tin Men

“Once you eliminate the impossible, what remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” – Sherlock Holmes, Mystery Theater, PBS

“He’s not crazy, someone is following him!” – Special Agent Timothy McGee, NCIS

“Your environment can serve as either a powerful buffer or a risk factor.” -  Joni E. Johnston, Psy.D., The Complete Idiot's Guide To Psychology

“Never underestimate the power of a bad situation.” - Joni E. Johnston Psy.D., The Complete Idiot's Guide To Psychology

“… if there’s no objective evidence that can prove what really happened, you’re both wasting your breath.” - Joni E. Johnston Psy.D., The Complete Idiot's Guide To Psychology

“… the greater the expressed hostility and anger toward someone with schizophrenia, the more likely his or her symptoms will worsen ….” – Joni E Johnston, Psy. D., The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Psychology

“Reasoning is a process of realistic, goal-directed thinking in which conclusions are drawn from a set of facts.” – Joni E. Johnston, Psy. D., The Complete Idiot’s guide To Psychology

“In keeping with the situation!” – Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge, Movie

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” - Yoda, Star Wars I - The Phantom Menace, Movie

“... there’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” – Morpheus, The Matrix, Movie

“Everything that has a beginning has an end.” – The Oracle, The Matrix, Revolutions, Movie

“I ain’t been dropping no eaves, Sir!” – Samwise Gamgee, Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring, Movie

“Have you ever considered any real freedoms? Freedoms from the opinions of others? Even the opinions of yourself?” – Col. W.E. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now Redux, Movie

“There is a remedy for everything except death.” – Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha, Movie

“You can be mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You can swear and curse the fates. But when it comes to the end, you have to let go.” – Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Movie

“No one is to stone anyone until I blow the whistle …!” – The Rabbi, The Life of Brian, Movie

“We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril!” – Lancelot, The Holy Grail, Movie

"Hey!" - guard #2 at the Scottish castle gate, The Holy Grail, Movie

“If you let people walk over you now, they’ll be walking over you for the rest of your life.” - Goldie Wilson, Back To The Future I, Movie

“Last night Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn’t take Loraine out that he’d melt my brain.” - George McFly, Back To The Future I, Movie

“Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch! – Leon, Blade Runner, Movie

“I just know.” - Anna, I Am Legend, Movie

“I am unaware of any such activity or operation, nor would I be disposed to discuss such an operation if it did in fact exist.” - Capt. Willard, Apocalypse Now, Movie

“They lost him. He was gone.” – Capt. Willard, Apocalypse Now, Movie

“They followed us home!” – Dr. Robert Neville, I Am Legend, Movie

“They lose me right after the bunker scene.” - actor playing Adolph Hitler, Blazing Saddles, Movie

“There’s no way out. They are coming.” – Gandalf reading from a book in the Mines of Moria, Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring, Movie

“You are foolish, but without fools there would be no wisdom.” - the Priest, Werewolf of London, Movie

“Much that once was is lost. For none now live who remember it.” - Galadriel, Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring, Movie

“It’s dangerous to be a honest man.” - Michael Corleone, The Godfather III, Movie

“I soiled my armour I was so scared!” - Sir Robin, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Movie

“… he knows!” - Gollum, Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Movie

“When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.” - Marcus, Gladiator , Movie

“Aren't you the Good man?” - Roy Batty, Blade Runner, Movie

“An enemy is like a man’s most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.” – David Gremmell, Echoes of the Great Song, Movie

“Ever pull the wings off a fly!? Care to see the fly get even!?" - the Bug as Edgar, Men In Black, Movie

“Fiery the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled around their shores burning with the fires of Orc.” - Roy Batty, Blade Runner, Movie

"Questions." - Roy Batty, Blade Runner, Movie

“Welcome to my psychosis.” - Jack McDermott, Dream Team, Movie

“… like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.” – Morpheus, The Matrix, Movie

“Remember, all I’m offering is the truth.” – Morpheus, The Matrix, Movie

“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” - Yoda, Star Wars III - Revenge Of The Sith, Movie

“… they are everyone and they are no one.” – Morpheus, The Matrix, Movie

“There's nowhere I can't go. There is nowhere I won't find you.” – Agent Smith, The Matrix, Revolutions, Movie

“Oh, but you are alone.” - Grima Wormtongue, Lord Of The Rings, The Two Towers, Movie

“Row well and live.” - Quintas Arias, Ben Hur (41), Movie

“That is the sound of inevitability.” – Mr. Smith, The Matrix, Movie

“It’s the question that drives us.” – Trinity, The Matrix, Movie

 “It’s not important that they know. It’s only important that I know.” - Gen. George S. Patton (George C. Scott), Patton, Movie

“There is no escaping reason, no denying purpose. … It is purpose that created us. Purpose that connects us. Purpose that pulls us. That guides us. That drives us. It is purpose that defines us. Purpose that binds us.” - the Smiths, The Matrix, Reloaded, Movie 

“Not impossible. Inevitable.” Mr. Smith as Bane, The Matrix - Revolutions, Movie

“If God didn’t want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep!” - Calvera, The Magnificent Seven, Movie

“… for death awaits you all with nasty big pointy teeth.” – Tim the Enchanter, The Holy Grail, Movie

“What we’ve got here is a 'Failure To Communicate!'” - Lucas Jackson (37), Cool Hand Luke, Movie

“… these Nazi’s ain’t Kosher!" - Harry Shapiro to Animal, Stalag 17, Movie

“It seems that you’ve been living two lives. … One of these lives has a future and one of them does not.” – Mr. Smith, The Matrix, Movie

“Are my methods unsound?” - Col. Walter E. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now, Redux, Movie

“Because there’s nothing that I detest more than the stench of lies.” - Col. Walter E. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now, Redux, Movie

"I had power over nothing." - Chuck Noland, Cast Away, Movie

“Mongo only pawn in the game of life.” - Mongo, Blazing Saddles, Movie

“Naturally, I can only cover these things from memory. If I’ve left anything out, why, just ask me and I’ll be glad to answer them, … one by one.” – Captain Queeg, The Caine Mutiny, Movie

“AAAAHHHHH WHAAHOOOOO!!!” – T.J. (King) Kong, Dr. Strangelove, Movie

"Sometimes I felt like they were relying on a past friendship to get me to do something." - Lieutenant General Kenneth E. Eickmann, The Boston Globe, Dec. 26 2010, Newspaper


“This Is How It Begins.” – The X22Report, BeforeItsNews.com

“Respect is for those who deserve it, not for those who demand it.” – https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3468482-respect-is-for-those-who-deserve-it-not-for-those

"We didn't want to appear as a gang of idiots." - Paul McCartney, Beatles Anthology

"In Spite of All the Danger." - Paul McCartney and George Harrison

“[My featherdude] Twitter account screams loud and clear.” – Val03

“… reach into some inner perceived depths of hell and decide to lash out at us who have no tolerance for these crimes.” – The Valigator, SexOffenderIssues-Valigator.blogspot.com

“Justice without strength is powerless. Strength without justice is tyrannical.” - Blaise Pascal

“… to know so much and have control over nothing.” - Herodotus

“Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies” – Fredrick Nietzsche

“I’d rather die my way than live yours.” - Lauren Oliver

“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“… all opinions are relative.” – Peter Brook

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Bernard M. Baruch

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure of the universe.” – Albert Einstein

“I have no life but this.” – Emily Dickenson, I Have No Life But This

“The general tendency of things around the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.” – John Stuart Mill

“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions, but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable ….” – John Stuart Mill

“Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself.” – Thomas Jefferson

"Though [the people] may acquiesce, they cannot approve what they do not understand." - Thomas Jefferson

“Things are going to get a lot worse before we’re through, dear comrade.” – Alexander Blok, The Twelve

“History … is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” – James Joyce, Ulysses

“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” – Malcolm X

“I will overcome the tradition of silence.” - Gloria Anzaldua

“Why am I compelled to write? … Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. … Finally I write because I‘m scared …, but I‘m more scared not to write.” - Gloria Anzaldua

“Security, alas, can give a threatening impression; too much defense-initiative can prompt aggression.” - Richard Wilbur, A Fable

“… I know a thing too strange for knowing ….” – Haniel Long, The Poet

“Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

"I lied." - John Patterson, Governor of Alabama, 1959-1963

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists somewhere else in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” - Bill Watterson

“A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.” - Martin H. Fischer

“Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.” - Neil Simon

  

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.” - Marcus Garvey

“… I found that the term ‘passive resistance’ … could be characterized by hatred.” – Mohandas. Gandhi

“Little to win, but nothin’ to lose.” – Strawberry Alarm Clock, “Incense and Peppermint,” Music

“A public servant is defined by his/her accessibility, proven integrity, ethics, fiscal conservativeness, and support for working families.” – Javier D. Souto

“The United States became a spoiled child under Ronald Reagan.” - Andrew Young

“They say ‘Love thy neighbor as thy self.’ What am I supposed to do, jerk him off too?” - Rodney Dangerfield

“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.” - Malcolm, "The Tragedy of MacBeth," William Shakespeare

“Self pity comes when you do a thing for which you expect recognition from others. But there is no question of recognition.” - Mohandas Gandhi

“The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ‘You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.’” - George Carlin

“Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by its worth, for then it hath no end.” - Ross, "The Tragedy of MacBeth," William Shakespeare

“The I.Q. and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.” - George Carlin

“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. … [Nonviolence] is a sword that heals. … Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

“When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

“I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.” - Richard III, "Richard III," William Shakespeare

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” – Gloria Steinem

“For my part, whatever the anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the truth; to know the worst and provide for it.’ – Patrick Henry

“… you know, you grow.” - George Carlin

“… no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.” - Langston Hughes

“… whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.” - Marcus Garvey

“The truth is on the march, and nothing shall stop it.” - Emile Zola

“Your government has at last yielded to the impulse of the nation.” - President elect Andrew Jackson

“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; … moderation in principle is always a vice.” - Thomas Paine

“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. - Thomas Paine

“An error in the file is a fact forever.” - J. William Middendorf II, "A Glorious Disaster," Book

“We’re not trying to turn back the clock, we’re just trying to sound the alarm.” - Bob Dole, "A Glorious Disaster," J. William Middendorf II, Book

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” - Sun Tze

“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.” - Epictetus

“… don’t tell God what to do.” – Niels Bohr

 “Grief, first take on shape! What is shapeless causes fear and torment, but when the enemy materializes half the victory is won.” - Franz Grillparzer

“All the News That’s Fit to Print.” - motto of the New York Times, Newspaper

“You know things are bad when the few friends you’ve got disappear ….” – NSA official, Yahoo News

“He’s the hairy-handed gent, who ran amok in Kent.” – Warren Zevon, Werewolves of London, Music

“Do what blows your skirt up.” – Valerie Parkhurst, SexOffenderIssues-Valigator.blogspot.com

“I didn’t choose this fight. It chose me.” – Valerie Parkhurst (Valigator)

"When dealing with people, remember you are  not dealing with people of logic, but creatures of emotion." - Dale Carnegie

“… above all things Truth beareth away the victory.” - Apocrypha

“Thus does conscience make cowards of us all ….” – Hamlet, William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”

“You only live twice. Once when you’re born and once when you look death in the face.” – Ian Fleming

“All warfare is based on deception.” – Sun Tse

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“The obscure only exists so that it may cease to exist.” - Henri-Frederic Amiel

“I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great desire of defeat, in a sickly atmosphere of tepid skepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in your adversary.” - Marlow, Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Novel

“Nature can rely on progress; it will avenge it for the outrage it has perpetrated on it." - Karl Krauss

“I’ve got your Red Herring right here.” - John G McLeod

“I am deceiving no one.” - John G. McLeod

“Things without all remedy should be without regard: what’s done is done.” - Lady MacBeth, "The Tragedy of MacBeth," William Shakespeare

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” - Sir Winston Churchill

“… the majority can never replace the man." - Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Book

“In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.” - JFK

“And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Senator Barry Goldwater

“It is not certain that everything is uncertain.” - Blaise Pascal

“Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth, discover it.” - Blaise Pascal

“The man that once did sell the lion’s skin while the beast lived, was killed hunting him.” King Henry, "Henry V," Shakespeare

“I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen

“…, the Bible devotes entire books to war and rumors thereof. Unlike the Qur’an, however, it contains hardly any rules for how to conduct a just war.” - Stephen R. Prothero

“Whoever restrains his anger, Allah will conceal his faults.” - @HadithTime

“The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

“There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah.” - Rabbi Meir Kahane

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And when I am for myself, what am I?” - Hillel the elder

“The narcissist is prone to magical thinking. He thinks about himself in terms of ‘being chosen’ or ‘having a destiny.’ He believes that his life is of such momentous importance that it is micro-managed by God… In short, narcissism and religion go well together, because religion allows the narcissist to feel unique.” – Dr. Sam Vaknin

“The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Education is not the filling of pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – W.B. Yeats

“The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.” – Martina Navratilova

“Proper prior planning and preparation prevent piss-poor performance.” - military mantra of readiness, The Atlantic Magazine, July/August 2012

“When you have an issue like this, the first thing you do is, you have a town hall. You find an excuse to get people in a room, and then you make them angry.” - Robert McNamara, The Atlantic Magazine, May 2012

“By God, it didn’t just happen!” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower

“You have to have a firewall in your head.” – Vice Admiral Justin D. McCarthy ,The Boston Globe, Dec. 26 2010

“Sometimes I felt like they were relying on a past friendship to get me to do something.” – Lieutenant General Kenneth E. Eickmann, The Boston Globe, Dec. 26 2010

“How strange … to suppose that cruelty could be a tool, coolly and rationally used in the service of justice and the common good.” - Rev. James A. Schumacher, The Atlantic Magazine, May 2012

“His majesty is wide open to ridicule and scorn.” – Danny Kaye, The King's New Clothes, Music

“O, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!” – Duke Vencentio, “Measure For Measure,” William Shakespeare

“Merciless is the law of nature, and rapidly and irresistibly we are drawn to our doom.” – Nikola Tesla

“Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.” – David Gerrold

“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” – Mark Twain

“Who’s to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar?” – Herman Melville

“Who needs your wisdom and your care?”  - Aleksandr Griboyedov, The Misfortune of Being Clever

“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.” – Augustine of Hippo

“Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.” – Ovid

"I am waiting for you." - John G. McLeod

“Where there is no vision, the people parish.” – Proverbs 29:18

“To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.” – Confucius

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” – John 14:6, Bible

“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of [H]im; and in the Hereafter [h]e will be in the ranks of the losers.” – Quran 3:85

“Don’t look for a black cat in a dark room, especially if it’s not there ….” - Confucius

“Learning without reflection is a waste. Reflection without learning is dangerous.” - Confucius

“Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.” - Matthew 12:37, Bible

“O ye faithful! Remain conscious of God, and speak with a will to bring out what is just and true.” - Qur’an 33:70

“If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” - 1 John 1:8, Bible

“… the hour has come for you to wake from sleep.” - Romans 13:11, Bible

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way and not starting.” - Buddha

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” - Buddha

“Take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.” – Proverbs 25:5

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9

“Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein, and whoever recommends and helps an evil cause shares in its burden.” - Qur’an  4:85

“Allah is with those who patiently persevere.” - Qur’an 2:153

“Be still and know ….” - Psalm 46:10, Bible

“Even as a person casts off worn-out clothes and puts on others that are new, the so embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters into others that are new.” - Bhagavad Gita

“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.” - Confucius

“Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically as something done for the Lord and not for men.” - Colossians 3:23, Bible

“Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein, and whoever recommends and helps an evil cause shares in its burden.” - Qur’an 4:85

“For they have sown the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind ….” - Hosea 8:7, Bible

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:18

“Depending upon nothing, you must find your own mind.” - Diamond Sutra

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” - Buddha

“That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.” - Confucius

“He is able who thinks he is able.” - Buddha

“Jesus said, ‘Recognize what is before your face and that which is hidden from you will be revealed to you. For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest, nor buried which shall not be raised .’” – Gospel of Thomas, (5)

“For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs on my head; my heart fails me.” – Psalms 40:12, Bible

“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.” - Buddha

“Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” - Buddha

“Jesus said, ‘Do not lie, and do not do what you hate, for all things are disclosed before truth. For there is nothing hidden which shall not be shown forth.’” – Gospel of Thomas, (6)

“Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.” – Matthew 12:37, Bible

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” - Confucius

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” - Confucius

“Jesus said, ‘If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.’” – Gospel of Thomas, (70)

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come to mind.” - Isaiah 65:17, Bible

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.” - Confucius