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> [Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/don-t-try-to-impress-god-with-your-works-or-don-t-attempt-to-please/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

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> [Life in this world is an attempt to see God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/life-in-this-world-is-an-attempt-to-see-god/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hudson-taylor/many-christians-estimate-difficulties-in-the-light-of-their-own/)

[Hudson Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hudson-taylor/)

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> [If our lives are easy, and if all we ever attempt for God is what we know we can handle, how will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-graham-lotz/if-our-lives-are-easy-and-if-all-we-ever-attempt-for-god-is-what-we/)

[Anne Graham Lotz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-graham-lotz/)

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> [“I have learned that while I can apply any number of words in my attempt to ‘describe’ God, I simply cannot ‘define’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/i-have-learned-that-while-i-can-apply-any-number-of-words-in-my/)

[Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

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