"The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are."

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Source : Os Guinness (2003). “The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life”, p.157, Thomas Nelson Inc

Os Guinness

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“When we're not trying to kill each other with spells, we just sit in in Daniel's dressing room watching cricket games on television.”
“You can never really know the scriptures until you're willing to be changed by them.”

Source : Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway (2002). “The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun”, p.236, Monarch Books
“I've never found it helpful to treat fate with a gentle hand. Everytime I've stroked, hopin' fer a favor, she's slapped me hand and laughed at me. If ye want something, take fate by the throat and shake it out o' her.”

Source : Karen Hawkins (2009). “Sleepless in Scotland”, p.82, Simon and Schuster
“Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should...”
“Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.”

Source : John Gierach (2001). “Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury”, p.85, Simon and Schuster
“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.”

Source : Mary Wollstonecraft, Sylvana Tomaselli (1995). “Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Men and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Hints”, p.149, Cambridge University Press
“I do not mean to imply that the good old days were perfect. But the institutions and structure--the web--of society needed reform,not demolition. To have cut the institutional and community strands without replacing them with new ones proved to be a form of abuse to one generation and to the next. For so many Americans, the tragedy was not in dreaming that life could be better; the tragedy was that the dreaming ended.”
“I strongly urge you to consciously consider what success means to you. Instead of allowing others or society to determine when you win, you determine it.”

Source : Pat Heim, Tammy Hughes, Susan K. Golant (2015). “Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business: Third Edition”, p.177, Penguin

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