"When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge."

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Source : Jan Karon (2011). “Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels”, p.893, Penguin

Jan Karon

#Running Quotes #Blessed Quotes #Sin Quotes

“As the sun's rays will irradiate even the murky pool, and make its stagnant waters to shine like silver, so doth God's goodness and tender mercy, towards the greatest sinner, and the blackest heart, make his own image visible there!”
“Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.”

Source : "2016 Race: Is looking for faith in a candidate the wrong way to approach the voting booth?" by Bruce Riley Ashford , Chris Pappalardo, www.foxnews.com. January 21, 2016.
“I do not like that I allowed my past to close me off. I do not like that I let circumstances rob me of the ability to have a normal relationship with a man, to have friends, to be happy. I do not like it, but I had felt myself powerless against it.”
“It is a contradiction to support increased development assistance, yet turn a blind eye to actions by multinationals anothers that undermine the tax base of a developing country.”
“We felt that as blacks there was a quota. We used to talk with other blacks on other clubs. There was a way they use to do it called stacking. If you had five halfbacks instead of one being a left halfback and one being a right halfback then you would stack them all at left and let them cut each other. It kept the numbers down. A lot of them went to Canada. We would talk with guys on the other clubs including Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and whoever. The numbers remained relatively about the same in the 1950's. They weren't carrying more then six.”

Source : Source: www.cyinterview.com
“Rule One: Whenever a spectator seeks out a really good vantage point and settles down on shooting stick or canvas chair, the tallest and fattest golf watcher on the course will take up station directly in front.”

Source : Peter Dobereiner (1981). “The World of Golf: The Best of Peter Dobereiner”
“The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.”

Source : Source: sojo.net
“Sometimes I will tweet an interview I have coming up and ask my followers what questions they have for the celebrity. I feel that way I can really know first hand what people want to hear answered.”

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