"Seek a happy marriage with wholeness of heart, but do not expect to reach the promised land without going through some wilderness together."

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Source : Charlie W. Shedd (2012). “Letters to Karen: A Father's Advice On Keeping Love in Marriage”, p.130, Abingdon Press

Charlie W Shedd

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“It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts...It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity of faith, which is the point to be considered.”
“A kiss on the hand may feel very, very good, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.”
“I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself.”
“I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.”
“You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is.”
“As a younger person, my philosophy was jump off a cliff. I realize now that there are stairs and elevators. I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me. I can even ask for help! Not feeling that I have to know everything, and thatâ€™s where the growth comes in, in the not knowing.”

Source : "Tracee Ellis Ross Gets Glam For Uptown Magazine ‘Hollywood’ Issue" by Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2012.
“I don't think there's any way we can save the polar bears.”
“How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel and disgust us - are arrested developments, calcified tendencies, buds of promise that should have lifted a branch up into the sunny day with fruit; and flowers to delight the heart of men, but now all grown hard, petrified, for want of culture and a congenial soil and climate.”

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