"Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere……" — Amy Carmichael
"Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes."
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98 Quotes by Amy Carmichael
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If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what…
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When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back…
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We say, then, to anyone who is under trial, give Him time to steep the soul in His eternal truth.…
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If I do not give a friend "The benefit of the doubt," but put the worst construction instead of the…
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We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.
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God bless you and utterly satisfy your heart...with Himself.
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If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God…
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If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord, For that a little emptier. My house on earth, what rich rewards. That…
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Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to…
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Thank God, He does not measure grace out in teaspoons.
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The night I sailed for China, March 3, 1893, my life, on the human side, was broken, and it never…
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The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian. I had not seen it in Japan where missions is younger.…
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More Acceptance Quotes
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Confine yourself to the present.
— Marcus Aurelius
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
— Francis Bacon
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And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort…
— Alan Ball
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
— Pierre Bayle
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,…
— Melody Beattie
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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
— Josh Billings
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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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