Altars Quote by Mark Twight

“Sometimes you must sacrifice yourself on the altar of effort to be reminded of what and who you could become if you applied yourself.” quote by Mark Twight — Download Open image

“Sometimes you must sacrifice yourself on the altar of effort to be reminded of what and who you could become if you applied yourself.”

Mark Twight

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And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the most holy…

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Yes, thou art ever present, power divine; not circumscribed by time, nor fixed by space, confined to altars, nor to temples bound. In wealth,…

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