Category: Super Saturday

“A sower went out to sow.  And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away.  Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.  Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.”

– Jesus in Matthew 13:3-9

I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was Thy gracious will.

– Jesus speaking in Matthew 11:25-26

A ruler came in and knelt before Him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” When Jesus came to the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd making a tumult, He said, “Depart; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at Him. But when the crowd had been put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

– Matthew 9:18, 23-25

Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

– Jesus speaking in Matthew 7:7-8

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

– Abraham Lincoln,
Cooper Union Address

The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the constitutions of the several states and the organic laws of the territories, all alike propose to protect the people in the exercise of their God-given rights. Not one of them pretends to bestow rights.

– Susan B. Anthony,
speech delivered canvassing prior to her trial for voting,
Classics of American Political and Constitutional Thought, Volume 2: Reconstruction to the Present

Happy birthday, Susan B. Anthony!

“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”

– Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

I do my duty: other things trouble me not; for they are either things without life, or things without reason, or things that have rambled and know not the way.

– Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
(as translated by George Long)

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?
    Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend to heaven, thou art there!
    If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there!
If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there thy hand shall lead me,
    and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Let only darkness cover me,
    and the light about me be night,”
even the darkness is not dark to thee,
    the night is bright as the day;
    for darkness is as light with thee.

– Psalm 139:7-12