"Yet it seems to me finishing well in this life is not so much about who is the best or greatest at something, but rather who embraces lowliness of heart. Laying down one's rights- meekness- is a blessed virtue, one that must surely come straight from the Throne of Grace."

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Source : Beverly Lewis (2016). “The Abram's Daughters Collection: Five Novels in One”, p.589, Baker Books

Beverly Lewis

#Blessed Quotes #Heart Quotes #Rights Quotes

“How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our leisure provides opportunity for renewal of spirit, mind, and body. It is a time for worship, for family, for service, for study, for wholesome recreation. It brings harmony into our life.”
“I make paintings really slowly because I change them and change them and change them and change them and change them. I don't really know how to not do that. I'm not very free in a way. Even though it looks free. But it's not.”
“Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.119, MIRA
“Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.”
“The fate of a song is often established in the first 15 minutes of writing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all for the use of each.”
“All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2001.
“Tracking is a simple exercise. It works because it brings moment-to-moment awareness to the actions you take in the area of your life you want to improve”

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