"Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles."

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Source : Jean Toomer (2003). “The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967”, Edwin Mellen Press

Jean Toomer

“As changes take place in my life, I continue to watch them truly work out for my good-if I can just wait on God to see me through. What makes all the difference is trust-the understanding that God has a much bigger plan than mine even if I don't understand it. I'm grateful, yet sorry, that I have had to learn so many lessons by hindsight.”

Source : Kathy Troccoli (1997). “My Life Is in Your Hands: Devotions to Help You Fall More Deeply in Love With Jesus”, Zondervan Publishing Company
“Nature has the deep cunning which hides itself under the appearance of openness, so that simple people think they can see through her quite well, and all the while she is secretly preparing a refutation of their confident prophecies.”
“Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”
“False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.”
“I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn't gonna be denied.”
“He that spareth in everything is an inexcusable niggard. He that spareth in nothing is an inexcusable madman. The mean is to spare in what is least necessary, and to lay out more liberally in what is most required in our several circumstances.”
“Describing the person I am would best be through music. When I'm up on stage and I'm singing my heart out, I am always reminded of life's best things.”
“The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.”

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