Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding to me and for leading here on this National Bible Week. I would like to start out with just a touch of levity, because we are called to address the Speaker, and I know that the Speaker happens to also be a man of God and a Bible scholar. In addressing the Speaker, I enjoy revisiting Ecclesiastes 10:2, which says: ``A wise man's heart is at his right, but a fool's heart at his left.'' I couldn't resist that, and I pray that you forgive me, Mr. Speaker, for that bit of levity at this time. I would move on to my favorite verse, which is Ecclesiastes 9:10: ``Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.'' It calls us not to just wander through this life and touch things gently and kind of let the flow of life go by, but we are given gifts by God. He fills us with skill sets that we haven't yet developed, whether it is intellectual, whether it is physical, but skill sets of the heart, and to put our vigor to those things that please Him. So with that verse in mind each morning, I pray that God will loan me the measure of his wisdom, that He would have me use this day to go forth and glorify Him. And if there is time for a little extra blessing, let me do so with joy. That sustains me through every day. Another verse that sustains me through these future days came to me this morning at our gathering.…”