I never thought to ascribe my mother's emotional and physical exhaustion to the lack of a husband and father; rather, I ascribed it to my existence. In other words, I grew up learning the exact opposite of what Eisenhower was taught. I learned that if I didn't exist, the family would be better off. I grew up believing that if I had never been born, things would be easier for the people I loved. (page 35) . Donald Miller
My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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Abraham Lincoln
And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history–money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery–the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.
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C.s. Lewis
I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
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Mae West
People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.
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Malcolm X
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
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Swami Vivekananda
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An understanding of Jesus is not a mere matter of intelligence. He has to be accepted by faith.
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