"Our work is to preach the gospel and we must not be sidetracked."

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Oswald J. Smith

“No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most intractable situation, we have the power to believe that something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen.”
“The method of democracy is to bring conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where they can be discussed and judged.”
“Attention to detail is the secret of success in every sphere of life, and little kindnesses, little acts of consideration, little appreciations, little confidences,. . . . they are all that are needed to keep the friendship sweet.”
“One of the difficulties in getting to the bottom of the poor prospects for retirement is that the policy and intellectual elites, including corporate leadership, who are dealing with this problem, rarely have the same difficulties as the great majority of middle-income Americans.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself.”
“Before we can count we are taught to be grateful for what others do. As we are broken open by our experience, we begin to be grateful for what is, and if we live long enough and deep enough and authentically enough, gratitude becomes a way of life.”
“I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.”

Source : John Bradshaw (2013). “Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child”, p.7, Bantam
“The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you.”

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