L.J. Smith Quotes

We must endure to the end; . . . We must so live as to acquire the attributes of godliness and become the kind of people who can enjoy the glory and wonders of the celestial kingdom.

I'm God's messenger from the gypsy tent. And it's the message that's important, not the messenger.

Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints.

The end is simply the beginning of an even longer story.

Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.

If God is going to use us for His honor and glory, if His power is going to rest upon us, if He is going to bless our soul-winning ministry, then our lives must be places absolutely at His disposal.

It's fun, in a way, to explore what's risky in one's life.

I feel a responsibility to make sure that the voices from our community are heard. I do not feel a responsibility to agree with them. No one tells me what to think. I think for me.

The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one.

I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realize that the time for greatness is right now when they're alive ... the time to flower is now.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

When I was a teenager, I had trouble getting a boyfriend, so I imagined Arthur Rimbaud or Bob Dylan as my boyfriend.

Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a moments respite deserve only the end of a rope.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Summer, summer, summertime time to sit back and unwind.

I think that sense of always traveling has something to do with anonymity and privacy and pleasure in having a very clear, very reductive life.

Baseball is a dull game only for those with dull minds.

Unlike the normal pattern, I know I have grown more liberal as I've grown older. I have become more convinced that there is room for improvement in the world.

Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever.

Dying is no big deal. Living is the trick.

Boys laugh at what they put girls through - but they won't be laughing when - they're wiping tears off their daughters face for the same reason.

More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.

I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.

You don't really know a song until you play it live.

The greatest power of the mass media is the power to ignore. The worst thing about this power is that you may not even know you're using it.

Rules are not bad, but they can't save anyone.

I'm not worried about Instagram.

Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.

More love, more power, more of You in my life. I will worship You with all of my heart, I will worship You with all of my mind, I will worship You with all of my strength, for You are my Lord.

Calculus is the most powerful weapon of thought yet devised by the wit of man.

Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary.

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

Listen to my story and everything will come out true

Whiskey has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whiskey than bullets.

Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste.

There's a beauty on the inside of you - and it shows on the outside too.

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.

I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

I want to be the most durable person on the planet.

Until we have established reliability there is no sense at all in wasting time trying to make the thing go faster.

There are many different types of prioritites in Motor Racing, the first...being how much you are willing to sacrifice in order to get to where you want to go.

This is one of those big, fat paperbacks, intended to while away a monsoon or two, which, if thrown with a good overarm action, will bring a water buffalo to its knees.

Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction.

…maybe the whole Internet will simply become like Facebook: falsely jolly, fake-friendly, self-promoting, slickly disingenuous….” - Zadie Smith

The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship

Communism works, if everybody stopped carring about money.