You can walk the road to Emmaus quickly only intent on reaching your destination or you can enjoy the journey.

   In the movie Lorenzo's Oil there is a quote that appears on the screen at the very beginning and it goes something like this.   "The challenge of life is in the struggle, victory or defeat is in the hands of God, so celebrate the struggle."

    Quotations can be just more of today's propaganda or they can be gold nuggets you find along the way if you take the time to turn over every rock and investigate every tree.

    Quotations can fall anywhere in between the two extremes.  That is the beauty of seeking truth; like a prospector looking for gold you have to inspect each nugget carefully.

   Most of these quotes came from a wonderful little book now out of publication.  It has often given me direction and encouragement.  The name of the book is "Richard Evans Quote Book."  My last two copies were bought used, online.  I will never forget a period in my life when I was priveledged to hear him speak for a few short moments early in the first part of the day on KMOX radio in St. Louis.

Thank God every morning when get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Charles Kingsly

Even genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.  Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconciously. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.   Author unknown

No road is too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undo haste; and no honors are too distant for the man who prepares himself for them with patience.  Jean de La Bruyere

My life is in the hands of any fool who makes me lose my temper. Dr. John Hunter

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar Abraham Lincoln

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Paul Whitehead

Never give in!  Never give in!  Never, never, never.  Never- in anything great or small, large or petty- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Sir Winston Churchill

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde

If one only wished to be happy this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. Montesqueiu

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. Edward Eggleston

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau

Try not to be a person of worth, try to be a person of value. Albert Einstein

         Dennis Bazzell resides in Fenton Missouri just south of St. Louis.  He is the pastor of the Southside Free Will Baptist Church in South St. Louis and is the former Pastor and still a member of Mt. Olive General Baptist Church in Fenton Missouri http://rbeav11.tripod.com/