Matthew Henry Quotes

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

I'm going to fight until the end. My husband is worth it. He wanted me to have it. He was worth a lot. He was a very, very wealthy man.

It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

The future that I will not live to see is the one my children will live in. That's my immortality. And I shouldn't try to mortgage theirs for my benefit.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.

I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.

All the trouble you will cause by not leaving a will. All the heartache! Family feuds are going to happen anyway, so be as clear as you can. And even if it's only to leave it to the cat's home, make a will.

I've got two children, and if my voice is still out there, I want the money to go to them when I die.

I was the depository of the will of the Mexicans

Whatever miseries this war brings upon us, it is making us wiser, and, we trust, better. Wiser, for we are learning our weakness, our narrowness, our selfishness, our ignorance, in lessons of sorrow and shame. Better, because all that is noble in men and women is demanded by the time, and our people are rising to the standard the time calls for. For this is the question the hour is putting to each of us: Are you ready, if need be, to sacrifice all that you have and hope for in this world, that the generations to follow you may inherit a whole country whose natural condition shall be peace, and not a broken province which must live under the perpetual threat, if not in the constant presence, of war and all that war brings with it? If we are all ready for this sacrifice, battles may be lost, but the campaign and its grand object must be won.

I have sacrificed not only my favorite scheme of life, but the softer affections of the heart, and my prospects of domestic happiness, and I am ready to sacrifice my life also, with cheerfulness, if that forfeiture could restore peace and good will among mankind.

I've always thought that people who left a great deal of money in their will never enjoyed the great honor and privilege and heart-rendering feeling of giving to others during their lifetime, because they were too selfish to give to others while they were alive, so they made sure they were dead and couldn't use it anymore.

I have kids, I want something left for them. It's a cliche, I know, but it's true. That's what drives me every day.

I still miss my mom every day, but when I see the smiles on the faces of the people that I help I know I am honoring her legacy.

He touched the screen as if trying to reach through with his hand. "You're a wonderful young lady. I don't tell you that often enough. You remind me so much of your mother. She'd be proud. And Grandpa Tom" --he chuckled-- "he always said you'd be the most powerful voice in our family. You're going to outshine me some day, you know. They're going to remember me as Piper McLean's father, and that's the best legacy I can imagine.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice.