"God actually delights in exalting our inability. He intentionally puts his people in situations where they come face to face with their need for him."

-- David Platt

#People Quotes #Inability Quotes #Needs Quotes

“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.”
“Oblivion eyes on a cereal box, the warm blinds of a father lost and last to know lost and last to love last boy lost you can't see even a bubble once it's popped”
“Once, he'd used it in song, but the songs in his heart had gone silent long ago, and he knew that one day so would his voice. A man with nothing inside him eventually had nothing to say.”
“As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.”
“Maybe it was a Patty Hearst thing. Stockholm syndrome or whatever it's called when you're being held against your will but then you become sucked in and fall in love. Or if not exactly love, you fall into something you can't see out of. 'I can't shoot a machine gun' becomes 'Hey, this hardly has any kick-back!”
“Bread takes the effort of kneading but also requires sitting quietly while the dough rises with a power all its own.”

Source : David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.13, Shambhala Publications
“One of the best moments is right here (during History Tour in Copenhagen, on his birthday in 1997). Right here. Itâ€™s right in the middle of the show and itâ€™s my birthday and Iâ€™m thousands of miles away from my family. When they surprised me with the full marching band and then they brought out this huge, beautiful birthday cake.. I realized that Iâ€™ve got family all over the world. Everywhere I go, because my fans really show me the love and I love them just as much.”
“Your graciousness is what carries you. It isn't how old you are, how young you are, how beautiful you are, or how short your skirt is. What it is, is what comes out of your heart. If you are gracious, you have won the game.”

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