Hi Friend,

The Quote Collector didn’t begin as a website or an email list.

It began with a habit.

Years ago, I started writing down quotes that stopped me in my tracks — words that clarified something I’d felt but couldn’t articulate. Over time, those notes turned into stacks. Then folders. Then patterns.

What I noticed was this:

When you place good ideas beside bad ones, truth becomes easier to recognize.

That realization eventually led to a book:

The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have.

It isn’t...

Most quotes are shared for inspiration.

But inspiration without truth doesn’t last very long.

That’s why The Quote Collector exists.

Every quote you’ll receive from me has passed through at least one filter:

• Does it point toward truth?

• Does it clarify right vs. wrong?

• Does it stand the test of time?

I collect words from statesmen, historians, theologians, and thinkers who understood something modern culture often forgets: ideas shape nations, families, and souls.

Some quotes will challenge you....

*The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have*
by Larry Vaughn
5 outof 5
Larry Vaughn’s *The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have* does something quietly radical: it treats ideas as living forces with moral weight, not as neutral opinions to be sampled and discarded. This is not a quotation book meant for casual inspiration; it is a curated reckoning. Vaughn approaches words the way an archaeologist approaches artifacts—carefully lifted, context preserved, and placed where their meaning can still...