Skip Coryell > Quotes

“There is no heroism in sheep. They stand on the hill and go “Baa”, as they’re being slaughtered.”
― Skip Coryell, Stalking Natalie

“It’s not easy to kill; it’s not supposed to be. If it is, then there’s something wrong with you. But sometimes good people have to do unpleasant things just so we can come home at night to our kids.”
― Skip Coryell, Stalking Natalie

“Yes, life has many onions.”
― Skip Coryell, Stalking Natalie

“Look at him, he’s slain another dangling participle.”
― Skip Coryell, Stalking Natalie

“wondered if God was working now, through him. Was it possible. He heard his father’s voice again. “God will not call you and then abandon you. Never will I leave thee. Never will I forsake thee.” Richard believed those words now for the first time in his life. He’d heard it said that the end of man was the beginning of God. He was at his own end, and it was time for God to take over. He closed his eyes and prayed. “Dear Jehovah, my provider, provide a way for me to escape and stop this man of evil.” And then the oddest thing happened. He felt a strange, relaxing, peaceful balm spread over his whole body. It warmed him despite the wind and cold raging outside him, filling him with hope, and strength and determination. One thought came to his mind: God allows nothing to happen outside His will. God leaves nothing to chance. There is no such thing as chance. If that were true, then everything that had happened to him so far, was the act of God. In the light of this new perspective, Richard once again took stock of his assets and liabilities.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“But we must go on. We must! It’s what God wants us to do. It’s what he demands of us, what He has always demanded of his servants since the creation of time. And He just wants us to trust His judgment, have faith that a new day will dawn, and He never ever, ever, wants us to give up the fight. Because my friends, it is a battle of the spirit. It’s black and white. It’s good and evil - right and wrong - us against them. But this one event is just a small part of all that is pure terror and unholy evil. There’s no other explanation for it. We are at war my people, at war with Satan and all his fallen ones, and none of us will rest until Jesus Christ has returned and defeated him in that one, final and decisive battle.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“I urge you now, as we stand in the shadowy dusk of our independence, to remember and ponder the blood of our ancestors, the blood of those who fought and died so that we might live free. Do not cheapen its memory with apathy. Do not devalue its worth with passivity. Our founding fathers may have lived long ago, but there are natural powers which bind us together even beyond death, powers which transcend space and time, spiritual powers of the heart and soul of humanity. This bond cannot be denied or stripped from us. It is the irrevocable law of God and Nature. It is not a physical bond. It is a spiritual bond. A bond of the deepest, strongest kind - a bond of unseen blood!”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“Because of his fanatical dedication to the cause and his own insatiable penchant for violence, he had quickly risen through the ranks of Al-Qaeda, eventually surpassing even many native Arabs. This had been unusual, since Muslims from third-world countries, though they comprised the majority of the Moslem population, were considered to be of a lower class than Moslems of Middle-Eastern descent.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“In I Corinthians 12:10, it talked about those who could discern the evil in another’s spirit. She quoted it inside her head now and the words brought her comfort. ‘To one there is given through the spirit, the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same spirit, to another faith by the same spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits. . . .’ And right now, Louise was distinguishing evil and falsehood inside this man. Something about him just didn’t feel right.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“He will provide you with what you need. He is your heavenly Father – you are his child. God is the provider, He has already anticipated your need and made provisions. You will be given an opportunity to understand fatherhood. And then, your relationship with Him can be restored.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“So you’re saying that the Second Amendment isn’t just for hunting or for self defense. It’s what protects our freedom?” “You’ve got it! Of course self defense is a basic human right bestowed upon us by the creator, not by the government. The government simply either acknowledges that right or infringes upon it. But there are many kinds of self defense. Hunting defends us from hunger; carrying a concealed pistol defends us from crime; an armed civilian population defends us from an out-of-control totalitarian government. There is an innate wisdom in the Bill of Rights which transcends the politics of the moment and makes it relevant and important from one generation and culture to the next.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“What is he going to do?” Richard shook his head in frustration. “He has a nuclear bomb and an airplane. What do you think he’s going to do?” Lance nodded in agreement at the unspoken fear. “He’ll kill as many people as he can, as soon as he can. That’s his nature. His fatwa. This is jihad.” Richard turned to look him in the eye. “That’s right. Chicago is the second largest city in the country, and all he has to do is fly straight down the coast a few hundred miles.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“Every man, woman, and child is a story. We are all books waiting to be written. And inside the cover of each man, beneath the surface, we discover what makes him laugh and cry. Sometimes it’s best to hold off on first impressions. That’s what I’ve done with you.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“In a few moments, I must leave you. My friend is outside holding back the hordes of evil that would possess your soul, but that will not last for long. So let me just leave you with these final words. The creator loves you. He wishes to take you home to Him. He wishes to wrap His arms around you as a father to a son. But the choice must be yours. If you choose Father God, the Creator, then all will be forgiven, and you will enter into your new life – heart pure – white as snow – free to choose and serve the creator who loves you.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“Many people today do not understand that the sole purpose of government is to protect these higher laws, and when government serves no longer as our protector, then they have become our oppressor and thereby a threat to our families and the liberty on which this great nation was founded.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“As the good book says, ‘For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“I am the good shepherd, The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.” Suddenly, all his other cares melted away, all his questions on morality and philosophy, everything else blew away with the wind, and Josh was reduced to the essence of his soul – he was a shepherd – always had been. He had to stop Momin, had to stop the wolf, protect the flock. He loved the flock.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“I was nodding at what Jimmy Stuart just said. I once thought like him. I thought I wanted to get out and see the world, to conquer it.” His voice took on the tone of mock pomp and importance. “To bravely go where no man has gone before!” Angela leaned closer. “So what happened?” “I had kids. And that changed everything. It changed me mostly I suppose.” “How so?”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“It’s going to be okay. You are going to be okay. No matter what happens, no matter what you do in life, you are never beyond the grace and love of God the Father. Forgiveness and love are within your reach, now, and forever more.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“Presently, there are those in our government who seek to strip away our rights and subjugate us one tiny piece at a time. But there is one right that we must not lose, because it is the gatekeeper of liberty. It is nothing more than the right to self defense; the right to hold our government accountable; a self-evident right, given to us by God. In short, the one right that protects all others. It is of course, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: the right to keep and bear arms. Our liberties, acknowledged by the Bill of Rights, stand side by side, lined up like dominoes, and when one falls, so do they all. Then we are enslaved!”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“I still don’t understand why they want to kill us all. Even if all of that is true, it doesn’t make any sense to me.” “It’s because they define pagan as anyone who doesn’t practice Islam. And, according to certain passages in the Koran, all pagans have to be converted or killed.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“because he was a Moslem, and dark skinned, no one dared touch him. He was seldom searched in airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was so politically correct that they were afraid of being accused of profiling. Momin thought it amazing that America was more concerned with what strangers thought of them, than of their own survival. He enjoyed watching old, white ladies being pulled out of line at the airport and being searched while they let him go by unmolested. They didn’t even dare look at him, much less search him. Arrogant, weak, fools! They valued their precious freedom and their Declaration of Independence more than they did their own lives.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“And now you know the truth! You are infidels, pagans, arrogant soldiers of the great Satan! And since you are soldiers, then you are enemies, and you must die. America and the weakness of Christianity has stood in Islam’s way far too long. And now, you will be crushed under the iron boot of Islam. It is time for America to die!”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“there was compassion and courage in her southern-fried voice. “It was just life, child. Just life. Few things we got are predictable. Mostly it’s outta are control. Ya just gotta close yer eyes and hang on fer the ride sometimes. But there’s this one thing I know over all my years. I stay close to God, and I never regret a friendship, if’n it’s a man or a woman or a child; they’re all so special in their own way. And sometimes they hurt, and sometimes they’re happy, but I done learned never to regret ‘em. The only regrets I have are the times when I got scared and took the safe way, even when God told me not to. I did it a few times, and I always knew it was a mistake afterwards. And, eventually, I learned not to let my fears make my decisions for me. Cuz every time I did it, for the rest of my born days, I always wondered what might of been – what could of been, if I’d of been strong instead of weak.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“You mean the guy who punched out the County Commissioner last year? I wrote an article on that. They tried to make him mow his lawn, because it violated some county beautification ordinance, or something like that. I asked him why he did it and he just grunted and said. ‘I was obliged to’. I have no idea what he meant by that so I just quoted him.” The old man smiled softly and nodded his head. “That’s right. He was obliged to. In his simple, down-to-earth way of looking at things, you don’t tread on other people’s rights. You don’t tell people what to do with their own property. And if you do, then you need a good whoopin’!” Hank busted out laughing. “I can’t believe a Pulitzer Prize winner just said ‘whoopin’!”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“You say what’s on your mind, and for the most part you have integrity. But there’s just one thing that bothers me. Sometimes you think you’re better than other people. You feel superior to all these dumb farmers and rednecks around here. And that one thing is what keeps you from becoming a great reporter and a great writer, because it keeps you from seeing the value of those around you. The people in this little hick town are some of the most interesting on earth. You just don’t see it because you already have them stereotyped. And I guess I recognize it in you, because I used to be the same way. But I have to tell you straight from the hip, that I’ve learned more from these lowly rednecks in the past 10 years than all my stay in the ivy league. Harvard teaches books, but Freidham Ridge teaches life!”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“the purpose of all art was to lend cosmos to chaos, beauty to the land, and hope to those in despair. Lance had always believed that art should do more than just imitate life; it should guide it and steer it; keep it on the true north compass heading of our creator. That was the purpose of the Bible, and all other literature was subordinate to it.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“Jesus commanded us to love you, so I can’t go ahead and kill you, even though right now my fallen flesh wants . . . .” Josh let the sentence die unended. He walked over to Momin, picked up the duct tape and wrapped it around his head several times, securely covering his mouth. When he was done, he stood up and nodded his head in satisfaction. “There! You’re easier to love when you’re not talking.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“You don’t understand radical Islam. It was founded by one man, a man with self-serving interests, and he spread his power and influence by conquering others. Muhammad claimed to be God’s prophet, therefore, anything he said was considered equal to that of God. Did you know that Muhammad had 23 wives and concubines? Once he wanted to marry the wife of his step-son, something that was forbidden by Islamic law,”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths

“But some people believe humans are inherently good.” Lance smiled patiently. “How can you even entertain that notion in the world of post nine-eleven? Besides, if that were true, then we wouldn’t need laws or rules, because they would be second nature to us and we would be nice to each other without giving it a second thought. But because we are predisposed to selfishness, then we need the rules and their associated accountability or else the rich will steal from the poor, and the strong will enslave the weak. Our founding fathers knew that, because at the time they were being oppressed by King George of England.”
― Skip Coryell, We Hold These Truths