These are certain quotes that I find hold much weight. I have borrowed this from my Facebook page, since most of my blog readers don’t know me from Facebook:

Here they are:

Christian/Biblical quotes:
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”-The Apostle Paul, Romans 6:23.

“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”-The Apostle Paul, Romans 5:8

“For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son that whosoever believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”-John the Disciple whom Jesus loved, John 3:16.

“But what does it say? ‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”-The Apostle Paul, Romans 10:8-10

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”-The Apostle Paul, Romans 10:13.

“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”-The Apostle Paul, Romans 9:38-39.

“For the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the Power of God”-The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 1:18

“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”-Jesus Christ, Matthew 10:16.

“But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.”-Jesus Christ, Luke 22:36.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”-The Apostle Paul, Ephesians 6:12.

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”- The Apostle Paul, 1 Timothy 6:10.

“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.”-Psalmist, Psalms 37:4.

“Jesus paid a debt that He did not owe, because we owed a debt that we could not pay.”-Unknown.

“…The vilest offender who truly believes, that moment from Jesus a pardon receives…”-Frances Jane Crosby from her hymn “To God Be The Glory.”

“…Oh, to grace, how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be, Let Thy Goodness like a fetter bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love, here’s my heart, oh, take and seal it, seal it for Thy Courts above…”-Pastor Robert Robinson from his hymn, “Come Thou Fount of every Blessing.”

“…Like a rose trampled on the ground.
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all…”-Lyrics from the Michael W. Smith song “Above All” which describes how much Jesus Christ loves the church and what He went through that we may be saved.

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning.”-An ancient rhyme about weather which I believe is based on what Jesus Christ said in Mathew 16:2-3.

Quotes from famous writers:
“…All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrance…”-William Shakespeare.

“The pen is mightier than the sword.”-Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“Art imitates life and life imitates art.”-Oscar Wilde.

Quotes from others:

“Analog TV, we hardly knew ye…”-Justin Matherne, June 12, 2009, (his commentary on how all full power analog television stations shut of their signals, because of a government mandate.)

“Calculators don’t bounce!”-Mr. C.J. Tastet.

“…Nothing wrong with fresh white beans!…”-Mr. Wade Plaisance from Wade’s Pest Control (He told me this as he was doing a preventative spraying for bugs in my residence early one morning in 2016. I was in my kitchen cooking white beans from scratch.)

“73’s, on top of the trees! Bend those knees in the breeze!”-Someone I heard on a CB radio.

My personal quotes:
“The ability to provoke emotions is a wonderful gift…”-Me (my observation on how I cause people to experience various emotions when reading what I write.)

“For I am convinced that the pen is mightier than the sword and I do not carry the pen in vain…”-Me (realizing how I can use writing to help forward a cause or have revenge on persons and entities that have wronged me.)

“If there is anything good about abusive people, it is this and probably only this: They sure are excellent inspirations to draw from for creating villainous and/or evil characters when writing fiction.”-Me (speaking from first hand experience.)

“I believe there is an extremely fine line between inspiration and plagiarism…”-Me (an observation about some of the things I’ve formerly written.)

“Give the utmost reverence where the utmost reverence is due!” -Me (trying to preach and uphold the importance of virtue and innocence.)

“You know you live in the middle of nowhere if there are no Family Dollar or Dollar General stores near you…”-Me (a little observational humor.)

“Linux based operating systems have more perks than quirks.”-Me (stating a personal computer observation.)

“The [incandescent] Mini Maglite can be used in both the medical and custodial arts and anything in between! It can meet the needs of a surgeon but still be affordable on a janitor’s wages.”-Me (stating the versatility of a Mini Maglite, from an essay I wrote about high quality incandescent flashlights.)

“When egrets take flight; foul weather in sight.” -Me. (my personal weather observation, first version.)

“When egrets fly high; foul weather is nigh.”-Me (my personal weather observation, second version.)

“Old people are cool!”-Me (stating a fact.)

“I can set my watch to it.” -Me (when complaining about any irritating event that repeatedly happens.)

“Remember the cable guy?”-Me (inside family joke.)

“Heavy Duty batteries are really Heavy Crappy and Heavy Leaky!”-Me (my personal observation on the experiences I have had with Carbon Zinc and Carbon Zinc Chloride batteries.)

“I used to bag groceries for a living and I’m anal about how it’s done.”-Me (when explaining to the cashier or bagger not to put meats from different animals or hot and cold items in the same bag.)

“The position of the grocery bagger was [heavily, but not totally] done away with after the economic downturn of 2008.”-Me (noticing how cashiers also bag groceries at many stores and have ever since about 2008.)