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We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.
— Charles Spurgeon
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers...
— Aldous Huxley
There has been war since the beginning of time and we are no smarter than the people that have gone before us. There is apt to be some more war.
— Will Rogers
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.
— James Freeman Clarke
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.
— James Freeman Clarke
Criminal Minds, Miasma: "All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born."
— William Faulkner
It is imperative that the past of the pilgrims' progress be intentionally carried forward into the present as we work into our future. Without it we cannot know who we are, why we are here, or where we can go. Without a common past to live out of we become aimless and wandering individuals instead of a pilgrim people.
— H Richard Niebuhr
Thought for the day. Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
But it is a historical fact that the Jews, and no one else, gave the world the Bible. It is a historical fact that the Jews introduced to the pagan world the idea of a God who demanded righteousness......Even most of the books of the New Testament were written by Jews.
— Harold S. Kushner
We cheat death, not by living forever, but by bearing, raising, and educating children to keep our souls, our values, and even our names alive. One generation, scarred and often embittered by experience, gives way to another, born in innocence and hope.
— Harold S. Kushner
We have to ask, Why is there no other first-century Jew who has millions of followers today? Why isn't there a John the Baptist movement? Why, of all first-century figures, including the Roman emperors, is Jesus still worshiped today, while the others have crumbled into the dust of history?
— Lee Strobel
When making decisions most people ask, 'Will it help me or my family now or the next shareholders' meeting or my next election campaign?' The hallmark of wisdom is asking, 'What effects will the decision I make today have on future generations? On the health of the planet?
— Jane Goodall