Spiritual growth thrives in the midst of our problems, not in their absence. Spiritual growth occurs in the trenches of life, not… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
We should not seek to confirm God's will by the absence of adversity. — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve. — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Because it is senior year I have begun to see things as potential absences. The things I love will become the things… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Your clothes smell heavily of clothing. Your den is filled with low-hanging palls of fresh air. The only rattle in your car… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Still, our creationist incubi, who would never let facts spoil a favorite argument, refuse to yield, and continue to assert the absence… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I have been long a sleeper; but I trust My absence doth neglect no great design Which by my presence might have… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the very essence of all that is. And saying… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
The heart of man does not tolerate an absence of the excellent and supreme. — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
The plain truth is that the only consistent theme in advertising is the absence of any consistent theme. — Prince William of Hesse-Kassel Copy Share Image
What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Trust is not established in the absence of betrayal, but in those whose betrayal is least. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
From the point of view of enlightenment, none of this has ever even been. All time and space, all the conditions that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think living with the absence of someone we love is like living in front of a mountain from which a person… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It's not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
In this game he had acquired a great deal of muddled knowledge, more than one approximation and less than one certitude. And… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
