Michael F. Stewart Quotes

“I start to count. This is the important part. I have to count right. Not too fast, nor too slow. All the way to one hundred. It must be spoken aloud, without interruption. Whispering is acceptable; the count keeps my wolf to the Dark Wood. It keeps me on safety’s slender path.”

“The novelist Dumas would one day borrow features from both of his uncles, not to mention his grandfather, the acknowledged scoundrel, in fashioning the central villains of The Count of Monte Cristo. Reading court documents detailing the sordid unraveling of Charles's sham fortune, which would have devastating effects on his daughter and her unsuspecting husband, I couldn't help thinking that one of the interesting things about Dumas's villains is that, while greedy and unprincipled themselves, they produce children who can be innocent and decent. This was something that the writer understood very well from his own family.”

“Wouldn't it be nice to positively start each day by counting your blessings? Isn't it obvious that the habit of counting your problems is an enemy to your peace of mind?”

“Not everything that can be counted counts.Not everything that counts can be counted.”

“We are all blessed, but the problem is that some of us count their blessings while others count their struggles, challenges and obstacles.”

“It is not the years that count”

“Don't just count your years, make your years count.”

“When you count your blessings, count life twice.”

“Count on people and risk being disappointed; count on God, and He would surely send some responsible people down your path.”

“The things that count the most (love, joy, justice, and grace) cannot be counted.”