Awesome thread! I love reading quotes, and you guys have posted some great ones.

Some of my favorites:

If you are going through hell, keep going.

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. . .Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fall, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the light of perverted science. . .Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour!”

^That one gives me chills every time I read it.

The soul of freedom is deathless; it cannot, and will not perish.

Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used frequently to take my advice.

I am an optimist. I do not see much use in being anything else.

I do not see any way of realizing our hopes about world organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty took seven.

But whenever I feel this way I always remember that if, instead of making a political speech, I was being hanged, the crowd would be twice as big.

Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are billed to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death.

Forward then. Forward! Let us go forward without fear into the future and let us dread naught when duty calls.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance by deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Now, from people other than Winston Churchill....

Ce n’est rien de mourir; c’est affreux de ne pas vivre.
It is nothing to die; it is horrible not to live.

Le suprême bonheur de la vie, c’est la conviction qu’on est aimé.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

[quote="Hovis in The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo":2e6rxhfr]"And how, exactly, will you use a spool of thread to save a princess?"

One of the world's tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island, because people always answer 'a deck of cards' or 'Anna Karenina' when the obvious answer is 'a well-equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want.'

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

I can't remember if someone already posted this one, but I love it:

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

[quote="Henry Tilney & Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen":2e6rxhfr]"Yes, I know exactly what you will say: 'Friday, went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings - plain black shoes - appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a queer, half-witted man, who would make me dance with him, and distressed me by his nonsense.'"
"Indeed I shall say no such thing."
"Shall I tell you what you ought to say?"
"If you please."
"'I danced with a very agreeable young man, introduced by Mr. King; had a great deal of conversation with him - seems an extraordinary genius - hope I may know more of him.'"

[quote="Jane & Elizabeth Bennet of Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen":2e6rxhfr]"Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other. It is, in short, impossible for us to conjecture the causes or circumstances which may have alienated them, without actual blame on either side."
"Very true, indeed; and now, my dear Jane, what have you got to say on behalf of the interested people who have probably been concerned in the business? Do clear them too, or we shall be obliged to think ill of somebody."

Sorry about this unbelievably long post, but...well...

...I'll have to post the rest some other time.

Good quotes NWebbers!

Any activity becomes and art when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. -Anonymous

"There is still good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for." -Samwise Gamgee

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." -Winston Churchhill

"A great song is one that is just as powerful sung acapella around a campfire as it is through speakers with a full band." -Brooke Fraser

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, you simply drift into a different world. -Unknown

"Depression gets me down." My Pastor

A woman's heart should be so lost in God, that a man needs to seek Him to find her. -Unknown

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough, or book long enough to suit me." -C.S. Lewis

There is no music in the silence, 'till we have heard the roar of battle. -Unknown

"Someday you will be old enough to read fairytales again." -C.S. Lewis

"It is a good rule to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through your minds, and this can only be done by reading old books." -C.S. Lewis

The great use of life is to spend on something that will outlast it. -Unknown

If you're not confused, you don't understand.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right - Abraham Lincoln

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

“Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake”-Martin Luther

... hope you enjoy.

Here's an old and true quote:

They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.

An encouraging one:

My strength is made perfect in weakness.

Cool quotes everyone
Here are a few of my favorite quotes on friendship

"Friendship is love with wings."

"Be slow in choosing your friends; slower in changing." --Benjamin Franklin

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? Thought I was the only one.'" -- C. S. Lewis

"One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love." -- Leo Tolstoy

"Friends are God's way of taking care of us." -- Unknown

"Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant." - Unknown

"I believe in angels, the kind Heaven sends. I am surrounded by angels, but I call them my best friends." -- Unknown

"True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side."

"Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things."--Unknown

“Friends are angels who lift our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly"

"The words that escape a friend's mouth are "I'll be there when you say you need me" but the words that are unheard from a true friend's heart are "I'll be there... whether you say you need me or not."

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."-- Len Wein

"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."--It's a Wonderful Life

"Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief."-- Swedish proverb

"There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship." -- Unknown

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."
-- Oscar Wilde

"The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them." - John 15:13

"A mere friend will agree with you, but a true friend will argue"--Russian proverb

"A friend is always loyal, a brother is born to help in time of need." - Proverbs 17:17

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
— Cornelia Funke (Inkheart)

[on The Lord of the Rings] The imagined beings have their insides on the outside; they are visible souls. And man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all till we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere - 'Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,' as Herbert says, 'fine nets and stratagems.' God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.

Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

"Never judge a book by its movie." -J. W. Eagen

I just say this quote on a sign and was thinking of posting it.

Here a few ones I like. This is by no means the complete list.
C.S. Lewis:
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve ... and that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor in earth.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

Will Rogers - Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
-Gandalf the Grey

^^ I love that one Pickle!!!!!

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandalf, LOTR (FotR) movie

I love reading everyone else's quotes! Here are a few of my favourite book/movie quotes that I don't think have been posted yet.

You are not your own, you belong to the one who made you. He who fashioned you while still in your mother’s womb loves you more than any on earth and has a plan for your life. Every breath you have taken, every step you have walked, every word fashioned by your mouth is part of His glorious plan for you. ~ His Sister's Keeper
It is so encouraging to remember that God is working through everything I do. Even if I completely mess something up, it is okay because God will use it anyway. That is really helpful to me stepping outside of my comfort zone and doing things which I don't think I'm capable of doing well.

I know that everything I do should glorify Him and whatever I do it will glorify Him. Therefore no matter what my circumstances, no matter what happens, until I die I have a purpose and I live for that purpose which is glorifying my Creator. Whether by my life or death that is accomplished does not matter as long as His purpose for me is fulfilled. ~ His Sister's Keeper

“My Adrea,” he said, “you have glimpsed half the truth. It is true, you can do nothing to change yourself and by yourself you are despicable. But, Sister, there is so much more! God has given you a new person, you are no longer what you once were. You now have His strength and power, and in Him you can conquer your pride, through Him you can love selflessly. And,” Arad turned Adrea's face towards him, “in God's eyes you are beautiful. He has given you His beauty with shines through you like the radiant sun. You are perfect in every way, Aravis, only you allow your dead self (that which once ruled you) to guide you though it is helpless. Following God is not work, it is freedom. Freedom to make the right choices, freedom to be content, freedom to love selflessly, freedom to view yourself as you truly are: a depraved human who is the beloved child of the King, freedom to serve and glorify the One who made you.
~ His Sister's Keeper

Remember, what God calls us to do He gives us the strength to accomplish. ~Pendragon: Sword of His Father
This may be my absolute favorite quote. It is so encouraging and helpful when I am faced with tasks beyond my ability, or given trials which I must endure day after day.

"I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words."

- C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces (my all-time favorite work of fiction)

"Never judge a book by its movie." -J. W. Eagen

ROFL!!! That's hilarious!

A few more of my favorites...

"You may be whatever you will resolve to be." General Thomas Jackson. I absolutely love this quote! It is actually on my current computer background.

"Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance." - G.K. Chesterton.
"When we step into the family, by the act of being born, we do step into a world which is incalculable, into a world which has its own strange laws, into a world which could do without us, into a world we have not made. In other words, when we step into the family we step into a fairy-tale." - Chesterton again.
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people." - Chesterton.
"The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man." - Chesterton. This quote is so profound!

"I have not yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones.
"It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win." - John Paul Jones.
"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery." - John Paul Jones.

"I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through..." - Sam, The Fellowship of the Ring. I read the LotR books for the first time recently, and Sam was undoubtedly my favorite character. This line of his struck a chord with me, for some reason.

"I try my best, and if no one notices, I point it out." - Djaq (my sister. )
"I love being a sister.... *Jokingly thoughtful* I hope I'm good at it! " - Djaq again.

--- flambeau

A couple more from C.S. Lewis:

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

This one hit home since I have a hard time thinking of myself as an adult and moving from the role of student to that of teacher, although I haven't hit thirty yet so I guess I'm okay.

"If you approach the world with the apron of a servant, then you are allowed to go places that you can't go if you approach it with the crown of a king."
- Jon Foreman of Swithcfoot