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Quotes for Life

"Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should....My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether be life or by death."~ The Apostle Paul: Eph 6:18-20; Phil 1:20

"Lord, I intend it to thy glory, and let no profane misinterpreter abuse it to thy diminution."
~John Donne

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."
~ John Adams

"You have enemies? Good. It means you've stood up for something."
~ Winston Churchill

"I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence."
~ Ben Jonson

"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."

~ George Washington

"Country music is about new love and it’s about old love. It’s about gettin’ drunk and gettin’ sober. It’s about leavin’ and it’s about comin’ home. It’s real music sung by real people for real people, the people that make up the backbone of this country. You can call us rednecks if you want. We’re not offended, ’cause we know what we’re all about. We get up and go to work, we get up and go to church, and we get up and go to war when necessary."

~ Jeff Foxworthy

"The most dangerous predator of liberals is the real world. They hide from it in college campuses."
~ www.imao.us

"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
~ President Theodore Roosevelt

"Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!"
~ Edna Ferber

"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in an argument."
~ Robert Frost

"I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it. You know who else was kind of "divisive" in terms of challenging the status quo and the powers-that-be of his day? Jesus Christ."
~Ann Coulter

"Feminism has nothing at all to do with being 'feminine.' Feminine means accentuating the womanly attributes that make women deliciously different from men. The feminine woman enjoys her right to be a woman. She has a positive outlook on life. She knows she is a person with her own identity and that she can seek fulfillment in the career of her choice, including that of traditional wife and mother."
~ Phyllis Schlafly

"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions."
~ G. K. Chesterson

"It isn't going to bed with a man that proves you're in love with him. It's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful, everyday world with him that counts."
~ Yours, Mine and Ours

"I owe nothing to women's lib."

~ Margaret Thatcher

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

~ Henry VI

"We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic."

~ Rush Limbaugh

"True religion and true philosophy must ultimately arrive at the same conclusion."

~S.S. Smith

"There's no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit."

~ Jack Dake

"If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with the ideals that I have."

~ Margaret Thatcher

"What I felt like saying was, 'I've produced my third child and my sixth book since I last saw you. Aren't either of these things more important, more interesting, than my size?' But no - my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book; finally, something to celebrate! Maybe this seems funny or trivial, but it's really not."
~ JK Rowling

"Dear Lord
Lest I continue
My complacent way
Help me to remember
Somehow out there
A man died for me today.
As long as there be war
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?"~Anon
"[Judgment] comes from four sources: God, nature, diligence and conversation. Serve the first, and the rest will serve you."
~ Ben Jonson

"I think political correctness is a wonderful fad. Probably not as spiritually uplifting as the hula-hoop, but undoubtedly better for the health."
~ Waiting for God

"Our God and soldier we alike adore. At the brink of danger, not before. After deliverance, both alike requited. Our God's forgotten and our soldiers slighted."
~ Oliver North

"The way to tell the professional writers from the amateur writers is that the amateurs only write when they feel like it."
~ Jerry Van Cook

"Remember that only in cheesy romance novels is the heroine guaranteed to find true love without the risk of vulnerability or pain."
~ Dear Prudence column

"We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue."
~ from "The Birth of a Nation"

"Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree besides the river of truth, and tell the whole world - No, you move."
~Captain America

"While God doesn’t promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity."
~ Tony Snow

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
~ John Stuart Mill

"I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there. In the fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there. In her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits, aflame with righteousness, did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
~ Alexis de Tocqueville

"I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny - a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons. Let them never be Stupid Girls."
~ J.K. Rowling

Wisdom from the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan:
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Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect, and our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.

Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism and hope. If you do, I am convinced that your contribution to this wonderful experiment we call America will be profound.

The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget...in the final analysis...that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers the best guarantee of peace for America in times of danger.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.

October 13, 2010

On Commenting and Replying

Do you have your reply-to email set? Do you even know what I'm talking about?

Whenever you comment on my blog, the comment is sent to my inbox via email. I imagine it's the same for you as well. Did you know, if you want to reply to a specific comment, all you have to do is Reply to that email to speak directly with the commenter....

Unless, of course, they don't have their Reply-to email set. Sad face.

Which quite often happens to me. Not every day, but quite often I try to reply to a comment but the reply-to address is set to no-reply@blogger.com. Especially you new followers. I'd love to get the chance to get to know you better.

So here's the deal. How does one change their Reply-to address??? It's quite simple!

You go to your Dashboard (blogger homepage). Edit profile. Check the box that says "Show my email address." Save.

Ta-da!!! :) Now everyone has a quick and easy way of communicating. Isn't that awesome?

Happy face.

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It's also come to my attention that some of you really have no idea what I'm talking about, because you aren't getting blog comments sent to your inbox. Never fear! That is also a simple thing to fix.

Go to Settings

Click on Comments

At the bottom of the page, there is a blank form for "Email Comment Notifications." Enter your preferred email there.

Save.

Some people create second email accounts just for blogger. I use my primary one. It's a personal preference thing.

And voila! Comments in your inbox.

26 comments:

New Girl on PostOctober 13, 2010 at 3:54 AM
I'm glad that you posted this! I hate when I want to reply to someone and I can't!
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Michelle A'etonuOctober 13, 2010 at 4:01 AM
i've got mine set!!!
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AnonymousOctober 13, 2010 at 4:14 AM
If I had a penny for everytime I typed out a response and went to click "send" only to see it was a no-reply. Sigh... and then I feel as though I'm ignoring people when I can't reply. Sigh again. If only more people were on board!
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MichelleOctober 13, 2010 at 4:59 AM
Oh, it makes me have a sad face when I can't reply to some one. Thanks for posting this!
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AnonymousOctober 13, 2010 at 5:13 AM
Updated mine! =)
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UnknownOctober 13, 2010 at 6:41 AM
Haha I love when you talk about this :) I've had mine set up for a week or so now, but I never knew how to REPLY to other peoples comments, thanks for the tip! :)
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Little MommaOctober 13, 2010 at 9:46 AM
I do have mine set up, but everything has been going into my spam folder! Ugh...
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HeatherOctober 13, 2010 at 2:12 PM
I thought I had mine set until you said something to me! And I am so glad you did because!! I even made sure my Mom's was set up because she comments on almost every single one of my posts and I don't like not being able to just click reply.
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hmbOctober 13, 2010 at 2:17 PM
I love this J! The only other thing besides this is to take off flippin' word verification on comments! That drives me insane!!!
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UnknownOctober 13, 2010 at 2:31 PM
thanks for the information. I didnt know that. Mine is now set Feel free to message me :)
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UnknownOctober 13, 2010 at 4:29 PM
Thanks for the information, I wondered if there was a way to do this, but didn't know for sure. So it's all set up now! :)
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ChasOctober 14, 2010 at 12:16 AM
I thought my email address showed in my profile or when you try to comment in the blog itself. I wondered why I never got comments from anyone in my email box or the blog didn't notify me of comments. Thanks for letting us know how to change the settings.
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Goodnight moonOctober 15, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Yes...I have mine set that way and I love being able to email a blogger back after they have left me a comment.
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AmandaOctober 15, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Oops! I'm so glad you posted this. I thought mine was set up...but it wasn't! That probably explains a lot. lol
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UnknownOctober 15, 2010 at 11:07 AM
I wish everybody did this!
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The Hapa GirlOctober 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Hi! So, glad you posted this, it reminds me I should too! I think this is the reason why I switched to a different comment "thingy" on my blog. Far too many times I wanted to reply but couldn't!
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LaDonna RaeOctober 15, 2010 at 3:17 PM
Found you though Weekly Roundup
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UnknownOctober 15, 2010 at 3:48 PM
I'll admit I was one of those that was set to no-reply (hand head in shame). I've fixed it now (I hope!) Thanks for explaining:)
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StacieOctober 15, 2010 at 4:58 PM
I can't handle the no-reply when I'm trying to comment back. Makes me cranky! I write back, hit send, and then realize it's going to nobody. Grrr...
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Mary AnneOctober 19, 2010 at 3:15 PM
This is going to sound lame, but will anyone in the world be able to see my email address if I do this? I did it, but I'm just curious. You're the PerSec expert :)
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Mary AnneOctober 19, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Testing 1, 2, 3... :)
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AnonymousOctober 27, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Since I'm a new blogger...I had no idea what you were talking about your comment! But I now have my 'reply-to' email set! Woo hoo! Glad you have this post! :)
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UnknownOctober 30, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Okay so I did this and I am still not getting the comments in my email :(
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Jessica Marie BurginNovember 10, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Thank you so much for this it helped now i fixed my blog and i hope now i can get replys to my comments :)
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UnknownNovember 15, 2010 at 12:25 PM
thank you! i always felt like a jerk for not knowing ho to reply to anyone's comments. i think i have it set up correctly... now someone just needs to comment so i can try it out!

ps. i'm a new follower :)
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Jessica LynnFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:52 AM
I was wondering if you'd mind me copying and pasting (and giving you full credit, of course) this post into my blog. I could rewrite it and make it my own, but you already have it written out perfectly. Let me know. If you don't want me to, I completely understand! I'm just tired of getting "no-reply" when I try replying to people! gracias :)
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