"As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that His is the noblest service in which any human being can spend or be spent; and that, if God gave me back my life to be lived over again, I would without one quiver of hesitation lay it on the altar to Christ, that He might use it as before in similar ministries of love, especially among those who have never yet heard the name of Jesus...God gave His best, His Son, to me; and I give back my best, my all, to Him."

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Source : "John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides".

John Gibson Paton

#Jesus Quotes #Son Quotes #Names Quotes

“You may command nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her.”
“We don't want to be the same as men, merely equal as human beings.”
“Basketball used to be my top priority.”
“Life and death, union and separation, follow hard upon one another. Nothing is steadfast but the will, nothing endures but one's achieveÂments. These alone count in life.”

Source : "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. II, 1938.
“When you work at home, fellow alums, discipline is the supreme virtue. Suicidal self-loathing lurks behind every coffee break. Activities must be expertly scheduled, from shopping to showers to panic attacks.”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2005). “Home Land: A Novel”, p.15, Macmillan
“I spent my 30s fixing everything I broke in my 20s.”
“I have little weird things that aren't really specific but are just kind of odd. I write my 5's backwards, and I don't know if anyone would even care, at all.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso.”

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