“ What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy] ”
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
~ Abraham Lincoln
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.