Quotes

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“If you plant for a year, plant grain. If you plant for ten years, plant trees. If you plant for a 100 years, plant men. If you plant for eternity, plant the word. ”

- Unknown?

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Inspiring Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

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“Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship. ”

- Elisabeth Elliot

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“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.”

- Dan Reeves

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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. ”

- Matthew 5:9 (Revised Standard Version)

"How blessed are those who make peace! for they will be called sons of God.

- Matthew 5:9 (Complete Jewish Bible)

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“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway.”

- Harper Lee

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“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. ”

- Susan Ertz

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The Burial of the Dead:

Rite One

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord;

he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

I know that my Redeemer liveth,

and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth;

and though this body be destroyed, yet shall I see God;

whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold,

and not as a stranger.

For none of us liveth to himself,

and no man dieth to himself.

For if we live, we live unto the Lord.

and if we die, we die unto the Lord.

Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord;

even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors.

-The Bible

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“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief.”

- Leslie Weatherhead

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“The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.”

- Unknown

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“Stillness is what creates love. Movement is what creates life. To be still and still moving this is everything.”

- Do Hyun Choe

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“Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity.”

- Oprah Winfrey

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“If God is your love and your purpose, the chief aim of your heart, it is all you need in this life...Such a blind shot with the sharp dart of longing will never miss its mark, which is God. ”

- The Cloud of Unknowing

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“The continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.”

- C.S. Lewis

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“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ”

- Helen Keller

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“O Father may that Holy Star Grow every year more bright, And send its glorious beams afar To fill the world with light. ”

- William Cullen Bryant

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“What you do may seem insignificant, but it's important that you do it.”

- Mahatma Gandhi (submitted by LamaOsal)

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“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a sunhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the son shines on it.”

- C.S. Lewis

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“If you are losing a tug-of-war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope.”

- Max Gunther

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“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. ”

- Billy Graham

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“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.”

- Erma Bombeck

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“In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the differences between things; and it is Christ who gives us light. ”

- Mrs. C.T. Whitemell

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Psalm 45

Ode for a Royal Wedding

To the leader: according to Lilies. Of the Korahites. A Maskil. A love song.

My heart overflows with a goodly theme;

I address my verses to the king;

my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

You are the most handsome of men;

grace is poured upon your lips;

therefore God has blessed you forever.

Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,

in your glory and majesty.

In your majesty ride on victoriously

for the cause of truth and to defend the right;

let your right hand teach you dread deeds.

Your arrows are sharp

in the heart of the king's enemies;

the peoples fall under you.

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.

Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;

you love righteousness and hate wickedness.

Therefore God, your God, has anointed you

with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.

From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;

daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;

at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;

forget your people and your father's house,

and the king will desire your beauty.

Since he is your lord, bow to him;

the people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,

the richest of the people with all kinds of wealth.

The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;

in many-colored robes she is led to the king;

behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.

With joy and gladness they are led along

as they enter the palace of the king.

In the place of ancestors you, O king, shall have sons;

you will make them princes in all the earth.

I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;

therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.

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“I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the people I read about.”

- Critic Edmond Wilson