"Those that look to be happy must first…" — Richard Sibbes
"Those that look to be happy must first look to be holy."
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61 Quotes by Richard Sibbes
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When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a…
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It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.
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God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.
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When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we…
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Christ chiefly manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then the soul unites itself most closely by faith to Christ.…
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Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.
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The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.
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When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
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God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the…
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The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor…
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The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman,…
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We are only safe when we wisely make use of all good advantages that we have access to. By going…
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Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we…
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The first step of letting go: To remove what obstructs your experience of wholeness and peace, you must first look…
— Hugh Prather
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People make a big mistake when they say, 'I need to be motivated.' You motivate yourself. I might inspire somebody,…
— Billy Mills
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We know that there must be a purpose out there. But for us to actually live according to that purpose,…
— Nick Vujicic
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We all need to have heroes, people to admire and look up to. To find a hero, first look to…
— Robert Cheeke
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The future is an unknown, but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future we must first look back…
— Albert Einstein
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Today in Ukraine, many people struggle to survive, older ones often see the breakdown of the Soviet system as a…
— Victor Pinchuk
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Losing It Some days I think I'm losing my mind. What seems so clear most of the time becomes a…
— Ellen Hopkins
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Pleasures First look from morning's window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons The newspaper The…
— Bertolt Brecht
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Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep…
— Christopher Paul Curtis
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The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the…
— Lawrence Durrell
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I want my love story to read as, he was searching for her and she was searching for him. They…
— Superman
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