BEFORE I FORGET
Scot Bellavia
I collect quotes. Some I try to live by. Some I may use as a chapter introduction for some book I will write. Others are just plain good English.
ON ARGUING
"The strength of our conviction should match the depth of our study." — Preston Sprinkle
"We will speak the truth effectively only in the context of loving relationships." — Tim Chester
"We think insight is change. We think, 'Now I know something different so therefore I'm different. [That's wrong.]" — John Mark Comer
“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.” — Proverbs 26:4-5
ON SCRIPTURE
"[Don't] scream what the Scripture whispers and don't whisper what the Scripture screams." — Tara-Leigh Cobble
LIFE ADVICE
"You can be doing something wrong your whole life. Experience doesn't equal expertise." — Anonymous
"You will make the mistakes your parents didn't." — from a friend
"In thankfulness for present mercy, nothing so becomes us as losing sight of past ills."
— Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur
"I was reminded that having extra needs does not make you too difficult, too time consuming, but worthy of compassion and love." — Chanel Miller, Know My Name
GOOD ENGLISH
"I’m not proud of everything I did, but I’ll tell you everything I did." — Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides
"Then comes one of those pivotal days that begins like any other day but alters a life forever." — Philip Yancey, Where the Light Fell