"Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it."

-- Mary Astell

#Passion Quotes #Giving Quotes #Accomplishment Quotes

“Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.”
“I'm not a breakfast eater.”
“I've discovered there is another life besides baseball. You have to be balanced to be a happy person.”
“I think most American churchgoers are the soil that chokes the seed because of all the thorns.Â Thorns are anything that distracts us from God.Â When we want God and a bunch of other stuff, then that means we have thorns in our soil.Â A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled on top of it.”

Source : Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.45, David C Cook
“Stupidity has no friends, and wants none.”
“I don't want to do anything halfway. It has to be perfect.”
“It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.”
“The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.”

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