Sara Beth > Sara's Quotes

“There is a moral sturdiness to (hardware store owner) Charley that isn't advertised or boasted about, but is obvious to all who know him and quickly discerned by those who don't. Our country has lately been afflicted with television preachers and pundits who focus on our families while neglecting theirs. How vainglorious these critics seem, how vacuous and shallow they appear when placed alongside a man of Charley's stature.”
― Philip Gulley, Porch Talk: Stories of Decency, Common Sense, and Other Endangered Species

“In any crowd there is a malcontent or two, and the Easter crowd is no exception. Someone invariably demands I speak out against the Easter Bunny. I am captivated by a great number of subjects, but have never worked up the enthusiasm to preach against rabbits, real or mythic. These are the same people who complain about Santa at Christmas and want me to take a swipe at Halloween.”
― Philip Gulley, Porch Talk: Stories of Decency, Common Sense, and Other Endangered Species

“If you can go home to someone who loves you, if your children are proud of you, if you can keep your integrity, you’ve hit the jackpot. You don’t need the state to call your number. It’s already been called.”
― Philip Gulley, Home to Harmony

“My life is a train of unfinished tasks, one railcar after another of half-finished efforts, with no caboose in sight.”
― Philip Gulley

“[C]hildren. . . like all living things, grow best in the loosened soil of relaxed oversight.”
― Philip Gulley

“There’s danger in thinking joy is a matter of location. If we can’t find joy where we are, we probably won’t find it anywhere.”
― Philip Gulley, Home to Harmony

“When love takes you by the hand and leaves you better, that is home. That's the place to stake your claim and build your life.”
― Philip Gulley

“There are things we see with our eyes, sitting high and looking out. And there are things we see with our hearts, sitting still and looking in.”
― Phillip Gulley

“Love, even that love which is imagined, is sometimes all we have to get us through.”
― Philip Gulley, Home to Harmony

“In the end . . . . . . . Stand where we feel led. Stand straight, stand tall, and try to remember that other folks might be led to stand elsewhere.”
― Philip Gulley, Home to Harmony