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" God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. "

Henry Ward Beecher

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" It's like, if you're on a ship, and you're sailing towards your destination, but the ship sinks: that doesn't mean that you have to sink. Just because the ship sinks doesn't mean you have to sink. You just figure it out until a raft comes along, and God will send you a raft. Or He'll send you another boat to get you to your destination. "

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" God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked. "

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" Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him. "

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" Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God. "

" Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God. "

" It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. "

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" Oh my God, my girlfriends are everything to me. They celebrate with you, they cry with you, they hold you when you need to be held. They laugh with you. They're mean with you! They're always there, and it's just a priceless thing to have. "

" He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. "

" We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake. "

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" I feel like God has blessed me so much already, and he keeps continuing to bless me. "

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" It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. "

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" I feel I am lucky. I am grateful for this life that God has given me. I am happy, as I am getting to do work that I want to do and enjoy doing it. "

" I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions. "

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" There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. "

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" One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that? "

" Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill... With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum. "

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" God is so unique in giving His people ways to fellowship, witness, and remember what a mighty and merciful God He is. "

" God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person. "

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" Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. "

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" It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures. "

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