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1 " There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves. "
― Joe L. Wheeler
2 " When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side. "
― Joe L. Wheeler , Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President
3 " Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will. "
4 " Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God. "
5 " There is something deep within us that sobs at endings. Why, God, does everything have to end? Why does all nature grow old? Why do spring and summer have to go? "
6 " Time remorselessly rambles down the corridors and streets of our lives. but it is not until autumn that most of us become aware that our tickets are stamped with a terminal destination. "
7 " Love may precede respect but it cannot survive the loss of it. "
8 " With age, gone are the forevers of youth. Gone is the willingness to procrastinate, delay, to play the waiting game. Now each day is a treasure beyond compare . . . because there are so few such diadems left. "
9 " As we hypnotically watch the steadily diminishing reserve of sand in life's hourglass, the instincts of a miser surface. Life is now savored, sipped as with a fine 19th Century French wine. "
10 " The first surviving Nicholas reference to which we may attribute a measure of validity dates back to the period of AD 510–515. The writer was Theodor, lector of Byzantium. His Tripartite History depends entirely on three historians of the fifth century: Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodor. Nicholas’s name appears on the tenth line of this AD 510 manuscript in Theodor’s list of participants in the famed Council of Nicaea: the 151st attendee is listed as “Nicholas of Myra of Lycia. "
― Joe L. Wheeler , Saint Nicholas
11 " The Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius II (401–450) ordered that a great church be constructed in Myra, and it became known as the Church of St. Nicholas. "
12 " Michael the Archimandrite (814–842) wrote what is generally considered the earliest reliable account of the life of Nicholas. Both historians D. L. Cann and Charles W. Jones feel he is the one early source they can count on to tell the original unembellished stories. His is the first biography of St. Nicholas to survive down to our time intact. "
