Quotes

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Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

 

Psalm 105:4

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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

 

Thomas Aquinas

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Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.

 

Charles H. Spurgeon

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Every day I will praise you and extol your name forever and ever.

 

Psalm 145:2

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Our whole being must be in our praying.

 

E.M. Bounds

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“Do your best when no one is looking.”

- Bob Cousy

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“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.”

- G.K. Chesterton

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“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.”

- Anne Frank

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“My own behavior baffles me. For I find myself not doing what I really want to do, but doing what I really loathe...I often find that I have the will to do good, but not the power. That is, I don't accomplish the good I set out to do, and the evil I don't really want to I find I am always doing...What a wretched man I am!”

- St. Paul, Romans 7:15-24

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“Your faith has saved you; go in peace. ”

- Luke 7:50 (Revised Standard Version)

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  “Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

- Mark Twain

 

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“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is most important is invisible to the eye.”

- The Little Prince

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“I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.”

- C.S. Lewis

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“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”

- Elbert Hubbard

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“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”

- Ruth Bell Graham

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Faith is not a cushion for me to fall back upon; it is my working energy.”

- Helen Keller

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“We never question whether something is fair when it's good. But when something bad happens, the first thing we say is, "This isn’t fair."”

- Rabbi Roy Walter

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“All kids are gifted; some just open their packages earlier than others.”

- Michael Carr

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“The gospel is a doctrine that teaches a far higher matter than the wisdom, righteousness, and religion of the world; it teaches free forgiveness of sins through Christ.”

- Martin Luther

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“I got really depressed when people said I should think positive. I thought, "If that's what I have to do to survive, I'm never going to make it."”

- John, a 52-year-old with melanoma

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“If you want something you've never had before, You've got to do something you've never done before.”

- Drina Reed (submitted by gods6plsme)

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“Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car.”

- Laurence J. Peter

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“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

- C.S. Lewis

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“If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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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