Memorable Quotes

November 30, 2025
 
Reflections from the Heart of Allan Redenius
If ever I got up in the morning with nothing to do, I would be surprised.  I think of retirement that way.  There's nothing to do.  I am reminded of the best retirement quote I've ever heard.  I asked a friend, who had just retired, “How do you like retirement?”  Hear his memorable reply.  “I get up in the morning with nothing to do, and I go to bed at night with only half of it done.”  One of my other friends, who had just retired, told me he was going south for the winter.  I asked of him, “Where are you going?”  To that he replied, “I'm tying a snow shovel to the front of my bumper.  At the first place where someone asks of me, ‘What the heck is that?' that's where I'm stopping.”
 
I wish I could remember all the memorable quotes I've heard over the years.  Here are just a few that come to mind.

• “When it comes to birthday gifts, green goes with everything.”
• “If you're thinking about selling it, once you sell it, it's not yours anymore.”
• “If you're always going backwards, you'll never go forward.”
• “He who has the gold makes the rules.  He who has the gold is usually the banker.”
• “You are healthy, until you are not.”
• “Being rich is like chasing after the end of the rainbow.  You never get there.”
• “Don't argue with fools.  They will just drag you down to their level and beat you.”
• “If you see a rat, there are a hundred you don't see.”
• “Idle hands are the devil's workshop.”
• “He who lies down with dogs, rises up with fleas.”

Memorable quotes and “old sayings” are often whimsical.  At the same time, often light and humorous, they offer up sage advice and wisdom from those who have gone before.  If you're looking for real wisdom to live in this world, don’t rely on me, read the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
 
Always pray for wisdom.  Solomon did, and God gave him not only wisdom, He gave him riches beyond measure.
 
Pastor Allan
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