Melanie Dickerson > Melanie's Quotes

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.”
― Eric Liddell

“God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure. ”
― Eric Liddell

“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast!
And when I run I feel his pleasure.”
― Eric Liddell

“We are all missionaries. Wherever we go we either bring people nearer to Christ or we repel them from Christ.”
― Eric Liddell

“You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.”
― Eric Liddell, Disciplines of Christian Life

“Christ for the world, for the world needs Christ!”
― Eric Liddell

“Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.”
― Eric Liddell

“Without your wounds where would your power be? It is your melancholy that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men and women. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve. Physician, draw back.”
― Thornton Wilder, The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder

“You tried to kill me with your dagger,” Valten said calmly. “I can get you disqualified from this tournament.” “Are you threatening me?” “Yes.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Captive Maiden

“Let Valten go save his own damsel in distress. I'm sure there are other maidens he can fall in love with.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Fairest Beauty

“Perhaps time is an inconsistent healer, but God can purge even the most painful memories.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Merchant's Daughter

“For us mortals, love is greater than justice.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Merchant's Daughter

“Time blunts the pain and creates a mist over one’s memory — at least in the case of death and sorrow. Other types of pain linger longer.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Merchant's Daughter

“God trades our ashes for beauty, and our pain for joy.”
― T.K. Chapin

“So, you see, a man can love you, but only imperfectly. It is God alone who can be God.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Golden Braid

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
― Albert Einstein

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates