"There is a witchery in the sea, its songs and stories, and in the mere sight of a ship, and the sailor's dress, especially to a young mind, which has done more to man navies, and fill merchantmen, than all the pressgangs of Europe."

-- Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

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“The prevailing idea seems to be, that I come to God and ask Him for something that I want, and that I expect Him to give me that which I have asked. But this is a most dishonouring and degrading conception. The popular belief reduces God to a servant, our servant: doing our bidding, performing our pleasure, granting our desires. No, prayer is a coming to God, telling Him my need, committing my way unto the Lord, and leaving Him to deal with it as seemeth Him best.”

Source : Arthur W. Pink (2007). “The Sovereignty of God”, p.107, Lulu.com
“I want to help put some of the pieces together for people. I want to empower people so they don't have to keep going to others outside of themselves for guidance.”

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“I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels.”
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.”
“I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.”
“The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.”
“Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is bestâ€”better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.”
“There's this unspoken history that exists between any mother and daughter, no matter how deep and loving the bond is, twenty-five years of being raised by someone, there's a kind of deep history which means that there are shortcuts to getting on each other's nerves.”

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