Quotes of the Week - Nov 10, 2009:
"I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago." --
Bernie Madoff, jailed financier and Ponzi schemer, in newly released
interview with representatives of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"This is all happening because my father didn't buy me a train
set as a kid." --Warren Buffett, investor, on his company's $26
billion purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad - its biggest
deal ever.
"I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears."
-- Rihanna, pop singer, on the unprecedented levels of media attention
she endured after she was assaulted by former boyfriend Chris Brown
in February.
Authors: Bible - St. Matthew Gospel Quotes, St. Matthew's Gospel Quotations
Take
heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them. St Matthew, 6. 1
When
thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth.
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth
in secret himself shall reward thee openly. St Matthew, 6. 3
They
think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. St Matthew, 6. 7
After
this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen. St Matthew, 6. 9
Lay
not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. St Matthew, 6. 19
Where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. St Matthew, 6. 21
The
light of the body is the eye. St Matthew, 6. 22
No
man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. St Matthew, 6. 24
Is
not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns. St Matthew, 6. 25
Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither
do they spin.
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these. St Matthew, 6. 28