"The years teach much which the days never know."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off."
-Gloria Steinem
“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
-Andy Warhol
"We might not understand something while it's happening to us. But if we take one stitch out of the blanket, the whole quilt would fall apart. I wouldn't change anything, even the stuff that was painful or things I didn't understand, because it might have been the one stitch that held everything together."
-Rachel Ray
"None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free."
-Pearl S. Buck
"Success: To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
-Bessie Stanley
"Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In ll the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can."
-John Wesley
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.”
-Audrey Hepburn
"The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."
-Tom Robbins (Still Life With Woodpecker)
"The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else." -Dalai Lama
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." 4-year-old Billy.
"Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world." -Jane Addams
"Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise." -Alice Walker
"You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy." -Eric Hoffer.
"The best thermometer of your spiritual temperature is the intensity of your prayer." —Spurgeon
"One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life." -Chinese Proverb.
"Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing how to do it. Virtue is doing it." -David Starr Jordan.
"Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance." -Tagore.
"Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult." - Charlotte Whitton.
"You cannot not communicate."
-Paul Watzlawick
"The best part about playing the piano is that you don’t have to lug around a saxophone."
-Gerry Mulligan
"To live each day as if it were your last, you would be trying to remedy all the mistakes you had made, all the regrets, all the things unsaid. If you live each day as if it were your first, you are freed from all obligations, all guilt, all regret."
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The highest form of prayer comes from the depths of a humble heart.
God can turn any difficulty into an opportunity.
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But most important, it (humility) requires knowing who God is—holding Him in highest esteem and trusting Him for His best in His time. — Albert Lee
Happiness keeps you sweet,
Trials keep you strong,
Sorrows keep you human,
Failures keep you humble,
Success keeps you glowing,
But Only God Keeps You Going
One small step of obedience is a giant step to blessing.
The name Christian means an “adherent to Christ”—literally, one who “sticks” to Christ. Today many people call themselves Christians. But should they?
God’s unseen presence comforts me,
I know He’s always near;
And when life’s storms besiege my soul,
He says, “My child, I’m here.” —D. De Haan
Jesus rarely comes where we expect Him; He appears where we least expect Him, and always in the most illogical situations.
-Oswald Chambers
I wonder what I did for God today:
How many times did I once pause and pray?
But I must find and serve Him in these ways,
For life is made of ordinary days. —Macbeth
Whatever task you find to do,
Regardless if it’s big or small,
Perform it well, with all your might,
Because there’s One who sees it all. —Sper
One measure of our likeness to Christ is our sensitivity to the suffering of others.
If God has given you some special work to do that frightens you, it’s your responsibility to jump at it. It’s up to the Lord to see you through. As you faithfully do your part, He will do His part. — Richard De Haan
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