"Fortunately for me, I ran across some girls I could get along with so I could enjoy high school life okay, but it must be awful for kids who don't get along with anybody. We're different from our parents, a completely different species from our teachers. And kids who are one grade apart you are in a different world altogether. In other words, we're basically surrounded by enemies and have to make it on our own."

-- Natsuo Kirino

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“God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.”

Source : Joni Eareckson Tada, Steven Estes (1997). “When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty”, p.121, Harper Collins
“Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers.”
“I'm not comically oriented. I get angry and I start complaining and then people start laughing. I don't even want them to laugh half the time.”
“If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.”
“The greatest weapon we have against evil is doing good in Jesus' name.”

Source : Kay Warren (2010). “Say Yes to God: A Call to Courageous Surrender”, p.108, Zondervan
“I'm a huge, huge sports fan. A massive sports fan.”
“We may pretend we are basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.”
“Take every opportunity that comes your way and most importantly have fun with it.”

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