Ed Townsend Quotes

We shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence save to serve man.

The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.

Darius was clearly of the opinion That the air is also man's dominion, And that, with paddle or fins or pinion, We soon or late Shall navigate The azure, as now we sail the sea.

Our tendency is to be strong, self-sufficient, and dependent on our own willpower, but rather than try harder, we should reach out to the God who is all-powerful.

Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct, and intellect.

Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.

To think of losing is to lose already.

With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.

Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach.

Life is simply better when we are with others, and worse when we are isolated. God designed us to be connected, and life breaks down when we are not.

Proclaim the Word more and argue about it less.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The best people in the world aren't those who never fail - but those who fail and learn something from it. I hope that your goal in life isn't to slide safely into death not having screwed up much.

Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

More science and more technology are not going to get us out of the present ecological crises until we find a new religion, or rethink our old one.

Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.

Scotland can't afford to take their minds off the gas

The artist must conceive with warmth yet execute with coolness.

A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane.

I'm not looking for starters, I'm looking for finishers.

Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.

Could the purr be anything but contemplative?

Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.

If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'

To keep an organization young and fit, don't hire anyone until everybody's so overworked they'll be glad to see the newcomer no matter where he sits.

"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house.

One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

I love listening to games on the radio... you can't see what's going on

I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single mother of three small children, Sean, Daniel and Victoria, living in a prefab house.

It's a poor bureaucrat who can't stall a good idea until even its sponsor is relieved to see it dead and officially buried.

When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure.

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

The central message of the Bible is about God redeeming a humanity that is in trouble and suffering.

I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees.

Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.

Getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun.

Fernando Torres' English seems to be coming on good.