Waterfalls of Wisdom

My books are my tools.  They also serve as my counsel, my consolation, and my comfort.  They are my source of wisdom and the font of my education.  They are my friends and my delights.  They are my surety, when all else is awry, that I have set my confidence in the substantial things of …

Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it. ~Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)   Waterfalls of Wisdom is a daily publication of lovely thoughts and classic wisdom. Visit each day for wisdom, encouragement, Scripture, pleasing words, and lovely thoughts to ponder.  In an increasingly gray world, take the time to linger over beautiful …

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ~Thomas Jefferson (1743-1846)   Waterfalls of Wisdom is a daily publication of lovely thoughts and classic wisdom. Visit each day for wisdom, encouragement, Scripture, pleasing words, and lovely thoughts to ponder.  In …

And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ For …

The harder Tom tried to fasten his mind on his book, the more his ideas wandered.  So at last, with a sigh and a yawn, he gave it up.  It seemed to him that the noon recess would never come.  The air was utterly dead.  There was not a breath stirring.  It was the sleepiest …

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company. ~George Washington (1732-1799)   Waterfalls of Wisdom is a daily publication of lovely thoughts and classic wisdom. Visit each day for wisdom, encouragement, Scripture, pleasing words, and lovely thoughts to ponder.  In …

‘Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. ~Benjamin Franklin,  Poor Richard’s Almanac  (published from 1732-1757)   Waterfalls of Wisdom is a daily publication of lovely thoughts and classic wisdom. Visit each day for wisdom, encouragement, Scripture, pleasing words, and lovely thoughts to ponder.  In an increasingly gray world, take the time to …

These are the times that try men’s souls.  The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, …

The family is the primary building block of our culture. Nay, it itself is our culture. ~Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1942) This was a very happy day for our family 3 years ago – moving into our new house!   Waterfalls of Wisdom is a daily publication of lovely thoughts and classic wisdom. Visit each day …

The battle for our children’s lives is waged on our knees.  When we don’t pray, it’s like sitting on the sidelines and watching our children in a war zone getting shot at from every angle. When we do pray, we’re in the battle alongside them, appropriating God’s power on their behalf. ~Stormie Omartian, The Power of …

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud …