"Added to the difficulty of learning to speak the language was the greater difficulty of finding terms to express the ideas which the missionary had come to convey... in many languages the most precious truths of Christianity had to force their way by bending stubborn words to new ideas, and filling old terms with new content."

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Source : "Western Women in Eastern Lands: An Outline Study of Fity Years of Woman's Work in Foreign Missions".

Helen Barrett Montgomery

#Ideas Quotes #Stubborn Quotes #Way Quotes

“You need a clear, legitimate excuse for why you're behind [the bankruptcy], such as a layoff, divorce, or medical emergency. Be prepared to back up the circumstances with supporting documents. Anything you have to substantiate your story - including proof that you have, for instance, been actively looking for a new job - will help.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“To love light, you have to love dark. I'm not trying to be profound, I know you'll understand. I don't mean that you have to hate to love, or that you have to die to live. I mean that sometimes, you turn out the lights just to turn them back on.”

Source : Alaya Dawn Johnson (2013). “The Summer Prince”, p.95, Scholastic Inc.
“I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage.”
“Many other countries in this world are in a difficult situation, and all the Thai people are probably worried about the fate of Thailand: whether the country would survive or not.”
“Some journeys lead nowhere, but they set the spirit free”
“People say, 'Jay, you're a great guy, you just had a couple of bad nights.' People that have themselves under control don't have a couple of bad nights like that. Plain and simple.”
“Nothing belongs to you or me. Nothing belongs. Everything, everything, everything simply IS.”
“When you're dealing with new and emerging diseases, you have no idea and you can't predict in advance what would happen.”

Source : "10 years after SARS outbreak, WHO boss shares lessons learned". Interview with Helen Branswell, toronto.ctvnews.ca. March 5, 2013.

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