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Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

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Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then to action.…
Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,…
Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and…
If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little…
In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.
Loneliness comes over us sometimes as a sudden tide. It is one of the terms of our humanness, and, in a sense,…
She had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions; she was fully satisfied of being still…
It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or…
The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?
All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his…
Are you afraid? Remember the "fear nots" of the Bible.
For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me…

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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. — Warren Buffett
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. — Samuel Johnson
People who have only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very… — Peter Cameron
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake… — Benjamin Franklin
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Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections. — Elisabeth Elliot
I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men… — Michael Haneke

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