I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Christ, as the ultimate Imago Dei is alluded to in scripture as being without external beauty in the Classical sense, and should… — John Walford Copy Share Image
I once read in a Bible commentary that the word "Christian" means "little Christs." What an honor to share Christ's name! We… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Tonight, the news debated the intelligence of a bear. And it got my wondering why humanity rewards itself for passing tests that… — Paige Copy Share Image
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of these three words, direction, control, and guidance, the last best conveys the idea of assisting through cooperation the natural capacities of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Deep down in the Christian's life, always and all the time, there is to be a "no" to every demand that the… — Alan Redpath Copy Share Image
What had started out as a game was now an open challenge, as well as a direct threat. Any further action would… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Justice O'Connor was the fifth vote to uphold the time-honored principle, which bears repeating, of separation of church and state. There was… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
When the desire is too much to bear, we often bury it beneath frenzied thoughts and activities or escape it by dulling… — Gerald May Copy Share Image
Bull markets are great, but they breed complacency. Bear markets can be energizing. Instead of fretting over the decline in your net… — James Stewart Copy Share Image
“There are no bears on the island.” “Really, are you sure because I was hiking with my Dad and I’m sure I… — Tracy Brogan Copy Share Image
When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my… — Plato Copy Share Image
Go into yourself and test the deeps in which your life takes rise; at its source you will find the answer to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still!… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Remain tranquil and prepare to bear still greater trials. All is not lost even though you be troubled oftener or tempted more… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It's always amusing to see how much less the political class knows than the rest of us do. ... it's never occurred… — Stephen D. Cox Copy Share Image
Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I think he just loved being with the bears because they didn't make him feel bad. I get it too. When he… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
Now stand you on the top of happy hours, And many maiden gardens yet unset, With virtuous wish would bear you living… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
To higher or lower ends, they [the majority of mankind] move too often with something of a sad countenance, with hurried and… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
The tastes and pursuits of manhood will bear on them the traces of the earlier impressions of our education. It is therefore… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
We all have a friend or family member who can't bear the sight of a mess. Use her obsessive compulsion to your… — Clinton Kelly Copy Share Image
Annabeth frowned. "That doesn't make sense. But why were you visiting --" Her eyes widened. "Hermes said you bear the curse of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for… — Homer Copy Share Image
Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We are sometimes told that we are not a biblical church. We are a biblical church. This wonderful testament of the Old… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
It was the joy of your life to know Clark Gable. He was everything good you could think of. He had delicious… — Joan Blondell Copy Share Image
There's an inherent limit to the stress that any material can bear. Water has its boiling point, metals their melting points. The… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Why did the consensus of Christian churches not only accept these astonishing views but establish them as the only true form of… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
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