"This hard place in which you perhaps find yourself is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him, to spend time in prayer, and to learn long-suffering, gentleness, meekness - in short, to learn the depths of the love that Christ Himself has poured out on all of us."

-- Elisabeth Elliot

#Prayer Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Long Quotes

“The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.”
“There is nothing that makes me happier than making a child smile.”
“I should write a book. I've always wanted to write a book. I should write a book about kids who see dead people.”
“Nothing is out of reach for Jesus.”

Source : Stasi Eldredge (2014). “Free to Be Me: Becoming the Young Woman God Created You to Be”, p.80, David C Cook
“My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the story of my life I think I would not tell it; for what is one man that he should make much of his winters, even when they bend him like a heavy snow?”
“Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it? Suppose further that the pill has a great variety of side effects, all of them good: increased self-esteem, empathy, and trust; it even improves memory. Suppose, finally, that the pill is all natural and costs nothing. Now would you take it? The pill exists. It is meditation.”

Source : Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.35, Basic Books
“It's a real misconception that water is a problem in Africa only. It's also an issue in Nepal, in Honduras, and in the United States of America. If we don't start paying attention now and curb our use and stop taking it for granted, we're going to be in a bad place, like everyone else.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt.”

Source : "The Riddle: Where Ideas Come From and How to Have Better Ones". Book by Andrew Razeghi, 2008.

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