These are quotes that I have “bookmarked” over the past week. Most come from what I’ve read. Some are from Twitter friends. Others are just random stuff that crossed my path. If you have a favorite quote, please leave a comment on this post and I’ll add to future post and give you credit.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
W. Clement Stone

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it’s safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.
via FB Diana Mullins

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
Gail Sheehy

What life have you if you have not life together?
T.S. Eliot

The creative person is not a special type of being; every being is a special type of creator.
Meister Eckhart

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather that burnt offerings.
God through the prophet Hosea (Hosea 6:6)

Each week I usually highlight, write down, tweet or record some deep thought or good quote that inspires me or make me think.  This past week I actually collected them and thought I would post them.  This may be a weekly installment, but you never know…

Quotes for April 12, 2009

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
Charlie Chaplin

Being a Christian, or follower of Jesus Christ, requires much more than just having a personal and transforming relationship with God. It also entails a public and transforming relationship with the world.
Richard Stearns

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
James Russel Lowell

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Mark Twain

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few;
and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
Albert Einstein

Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:2

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