“I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. When opportunity knocks, you don’t want to be driving to a maternity hospital or sitting in some phony-baloney church. Or synagogue.” IfsWantThreeOpportunityWishChurchSweetSucceedSittingDrivingDemonHospitalsPhonySynagogueOpportunity KnocksMaternityBaloneyOpportunity KnockingShort And Sweet Author:Charles Montgomery
“I must be mad, or very tired, When the curve of a blue bay beyond a railroad track Is shrill and sweet to me like the sudden springing of a tune, And the sight of a white church above thin trees in a city square Amazes my eyes as though it were the Parthenon.” EyeChurchWhiteCitiesTreeSweetSightBlueMadTiredTrackTunesSquaresCurvesRailroadsRailroad TracksParthenon Author:Amy Lowell
“The church-bells of innumerable sects are all chime-bells to-day, ringing in sweet accordance throughout many lands, and awaking a great joy in the heart of our common humanity.” HeartJoyHumanityChurchCommonLandSweetChristmasBellsSectsGreat JoyCommon HumanityChimesChurch Bells Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“Be an example in your Church activity-honor the Sabbath day, attend your meetings, observe the Word of Wisdom, pay your tithes and offerings, support your leaders, and otherwise keep the commandments. Serve cheerfully and gratefully in every calling you receive. Live worthy of a temple recommend and enjoy the sweet, sacred spirit that comes from frequent temple attendance.” SpiritEnjoyChurchPayLeaderSupportExampleSweetHonorWords Of WisdomCallingActivitySacredMeetingsWorthyTemplesOfferingCommandmentsSabbathTitheAttendanceSabbath Day Book:Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice Source: Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice
“I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows.” WaterChurchPoorSweetHolyCrossesWindowCatholicGlassesBoxesSmellStationsCandleAltarsCatholic ChurchEvery SecondRottingIncenseHoly WaterStained GlassPomegranatesStained Glass Windows Book:Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith