"Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them."

-- John Bunyan

#Prayer Quotes #Temptation Quotes #Nests Quotes

“My advice and wish to every woman in my country and in the world is very simple: Do not be afraid to be yourself, to have your dream, your vision, and to go for it. We can achieve a lot if we are sincerely committed to our goals and work hard to realize them.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“All great movements, it is written, go through three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. It is the realisation of this third stage, adoption, that requires our passion and our discipline, our hearts and our heads. The fate of animals is in our hands.”

Source : Tom Regan (1987). “The struggle for animal rights”, Intl Society for Animal
“I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.”

Source : "Colbie Caillat" with Erin Clements, www.elle.com. July 1, 2009.
“It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a spent force.”

Source : Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. June 8, 2011.
“I don't want to beg or promise you things I can't give you. There isn't much of me to give, but what I have is yours. This is all up to you, Sadie. If you want me, I'm yours. If you can't do this, then I'll walk away and leave you alone. I swear.”
“I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to me this way. We could not leave (the Philippines) to themselves-they were unfit for self-government-and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was. There was nothing left for us to do but take them all and educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them.”
“Right at that moment it was as if we were the only two people left in the world. And I don't mean that to sound corny; it just honestly did. The only sounds were the droning crickets and chip-chips of the bats, the farawy wind against the sand, and the occasional distant yowl of a dingo. There were no car horns.No trains. No jack-hammers. No lawnmowers No planes. No sirens. No alarms. No anything human. If you'd told me that you'd saved me from a nuclear holocaust, I might have believed you.”
“...available people are the ones who are dangerous, because they confront us with the possibility of real intimacy.”

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