"Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures."

-- Elisabeth Elliot

#Blessing Quotes #Hands Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.”
“I hope by the time I'm 30 to have a husband and maybe a baby.”
“Working with somebody who has a more interesting life than I do - and getting to take on that life temporarily - is an endlessly interesting way to have the experience of writing memoir.”

Source : "'Getting to Take on That Life Temporarily'". Interview with Kathryn Borel, Jr., logger.believermag.com. July 21, 2015.
“When you are at your lowest in life, no matter where you're at, you have to keep on going. You can't quit. You can't let it break you. You have to keep going on because life keeps going on and you have to keep going if you want to be the person you want to be.”

Source : "La'el Collins Q&A: Cowboys Rookie on Murder Investigation and Draft Plummet". Interview with Bleacher Report, bleacherreport.com.
“I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. But this knowledge does not outweigh the fact that my class, the working class, is exploited, driven, fought back with the weapon of starvation, with guns and with venal courts whenever they strike for conditions more human, more civilized for their children, and for their children's children.”
“The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.”
“Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.”
“Chihuahua. There's a waste of dog food. Looks like a dog that is still far away.”

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