"The Christian life consists in what God does for us, not what we do for God."

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Source : Marva J. Dawn (2006). “The Sense of the Call: A Sabbath Way of Life for Those Who Serve God, the Church, and the World”, p.91, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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“A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not bring about good for individuals or organizations unless it is backed up by the capital of character.”
“You know why the road curves as you're driving along? It curves because if God showed us the distance from where we are to where weâ€™re going, weâ€™d think it was too far.”
“The best literature is always a take [in the musical sense]; there is an implicit risk in its execution, a margin of danger that is the pleasure of the flight, of the love, carrying with it a tangible loss but also a total engagement that, on another level, lends the theater its unparalleled imperfection faced with the perfection of film. I donâ€™t want to write anything but takes.”
“One of the problems with fame â€¦ is they try to pigeonhole youâ€¦ like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life.”

Source : "Fame the Blaze and the Burnout". "Fame the Blaze and the Burnout" by Don Oldenburg, www.washingtonpost.com. March 24, 1987.
“Because this exact leaf had to grow in that exact way, in that exact place, so that precise wind could tear it from that precise branch and make it fly into this exact face at that exact moment. And, if just one of those tiny little things had never had happened, I'd never have met ya. Which makes this leaf the most important leaf in human history”
“God's commands are designed to guide you to life's very best. You will not obey Him, if you do not believe Him and trust Him. You cannot believe Him if you do not love Him. You cannot love Him unless you know Him.”

Source : Henry T. Blackaby, Claude V. King (2004). “Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God”, p.22, B&H Publishing Group
“In Canada, the U.S. and most of Europe it may be easy to take political stands, this is something for which you can be forced to pay with your life, or your freedom, in many other parts of the world, from Iran to Russia to Pakistan to China.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a story and it doesn't come out the right way.”

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