Neil Abramson famous quotes

Pain explains a great deal of human conduct, but the fear of pain even more.
-- Neil Abramson

#Fear #Pain #Deals

Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a train is missed, a call comes too late--and the real test of our humanness is whether, in light of that knowledge, we are ever able to recover. When we again find our way despite the inability to manufacture a deeper meaning in our suffering, that I think is when God smiles upon us, proud of the strength of his creation.
-- Neil Abramson

#Real #Grief #Thinking

I've seen too much sacrifice to believe that God is behind all of it, and I've seen sacrifice that has no indicia of the hand of God at all. Loss is not always part of some greater plan explainable by reference to the actions of a divine being with a divine purpose.
-- Neil Abramson

#Believe #Loss #Sacrifice

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

Fear that man who fears not God.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.

We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts that are capable of experiencing great love, but sometimes they get broken.

Hope is a decision we make, a choice to believe that God can take the adversity, the disappointment, the heartache, and the pain of our journeys and use these to accomplish his purposes.

If someone offers you a three picture deal at 20 you'd take it. I would have killed for it.

I think any time anybody says something nasty about you, it's hard to deal with it.

I'm never going to be with a guy that can't deal with my friendship with him.

You just deal with the cards that are dealt you and you just go on and push forward.