Donald Parker > Donald's Quotes

“As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it.”
― David Morrell

“And let me tell you - carrying sad memories will wear you out. You've got to put them down walk away. Do whatever you must to put emotional space between yourself and your past. That's the only way you're going to make it through.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, The Note

“Our town was known for two things--no, three: salted fish, expertly dyed fabrics, and corruption.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Magdalene

“I've never been one to mourn the passing of what could have been a promising relationship. When Jeff broke my heart in the ninth grade, I decided then and there that if a guy couldn't see that I was something special, I'd say good-bye with no regrets. Not that I think I'm more special than anyone else, mind you. But if a thing is not meant to be, I figure it's just not part of God's infinite plan.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, The Velvet Shadow

“Darwinism by itself did not produce the Holocaust, but without Darwinism... neither Hitler nor his Nazi followers would have had the necessary scientific underpinnings to convince themselves and their collaborators that one of the worlds greatest atrocities was really morally praiseworthy.”
― Richard Weikart, From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany

“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”
― Joyce Meyer

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
― Jim Elliot

“It is better to be divided by truth than united in error.”
― Bruce Bickel

“When you have nothing left but God, you become aware that God is enough.”
― A. Maude Royden

“God never made a promise that was too good to be true.”
― Dwight L. Moody

“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In!”
― Edwin Markham