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Be You Quotes (page 573)

It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God. Rather ask, What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial? Wiling sacrifice of deeply held personal desires in favor of the will of God is very hard to do. Yet, when you pray with real conviction, "Please let me know Thy will" and "May Thy will be done," you are in the strongest position to receive the... Richard G. Scott
And God has set up prayer in such a way that, if you want to explain it away, you can. That's the human mind. God se it up like that for a reason, which is this: God ordained that people should be governed in the end by what they want. Dallas Willard
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success. Helen Hayes
In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your intuition and follow your feeling even at the risk of going wrong. Carl Jung
All through it, I have known myself to be quite undeserving. And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire- a fire, however, inseparable in its nature from myself, quickening nothing, lighting nothing, doing no service, idly burning away. Charles Dickens
At one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, "You can't make a race horse of a pig." Samuel replies, "No, but you can make a very fast pig. John Steinbeck
Salman Rushdie quote: "In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat..."
In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written. Salman Rushdie
Alice Hoffman quote: "Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I..."
Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul. Alice Hoffman
-- And these thingsthat keep alive on departure know that you praise them; transient, they look to us, the most transient, to be their rescue. They want us to change them completely, in our invisible hearts, into -- O endlessly -- us! Whoever, finally, we may be. Rainer Maria Rilke
I knew what was like to finally be seduced by the thing you hunted. Mine just happened to be a more traditional seduction. Okay, at least I was still among the living. Laurell K. Hamilton
What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love. Nicholas Sparks
Faith is like stepping off a cliff and expecting one of two outcomes- you will either land on solid ground or you will be taught to fly. Hillary Clinton
Jonathan Lethem quote: "The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply whats..."
The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply whats taken you so long to learn (Kissing The Beehive) Jonathan Lethem
I must tell you that I should really like to think there's something wrong with me- Because, if there isn't, then there's something wrong with the world itself-and that's much more frightening! That would be terrible. So I'd rather believe there is something wrong with me, that could be put right. T. S. Eliot
I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story of my father and me to let you know I am qualified to be a comedian. Steve Martin

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