"The principles of gain through loss, of joy through sorrow, of getting by giving, of fulfillment by laying down, of life out of death is what the Bible teaches, and the people who have believed it enough to live it out in simple, humble, day-by-day practice are people who have found the gain, the joy, the getting, the fulfillment, the life."

-- Elisabeth Elliot

#Humble Quotes #Loss Quotes #Simple Quotes

“I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.”
“Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others.”
“You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.”

Source : John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.130, Penguin
“Willmott has very tersely said that embellished truths are the illuminated alphabet of larger children.”
“When you have a challenge and the response is equal to the challenge, that's called 'success'. But once you have a new challenge, the old, once-successful response no longer works. That's why it is called a 'failure'.”
“The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to the house of God there.”

Source : Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.30, Cambridge University Press
“A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.”
“While I love working on dramatic characters and stories, it's comedy that I love the most. For me, it's incredibly rewarding to make a person laugh. Laughter is one of the greatest parts of life.”

Source : Source: pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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