"Here is the paradox of Christian living. We must give up control of self to gain self control."

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Source : FaceBook post by Andy Mineo from Jul 22, 2013

Andy Mineo

#Christian Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Self Quotes

“Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.170, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism.”
“Most people/musicians hear things differently and what might please one might not please another. One man's meat is another man's poison. Don't be afraid to dig, the most important people/musicians in my life always have. If you do decide to dig, don't always expect to come up with a clean face. It's o.k. The most important lessons to me have been learned by trial and error. All I'm trying to say is "try to find yourself," as I have.”
“Life is hard and astonishingly complicated.... No one great reform will make it easy. Most of us who work -- or want to work -- will always have trouble or discontent. So we must learn to be calm, and train all our faculties, and make others happy.”

Source : Sinclair Lewis (2012). “The Job: An American Novel”, p.266, The Floating Press
“I'm like a bunch of college guys who got together and said, 'Let's make a dude, a crazy dude'.”
“And Cape Town is not what it used to be. Foreigners have left their imprint on our culture.”
“To hell with news! I'm no longer interested in news. I'm interested in causes. We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us.Â It's up to the public to decide what's true.”
“Follow the road behind the Emperor. We must build the world for Japan's sake, heaven ordered Japan to achieve this great mission.”

Source : "The China Monthly Review", vol. 106-107, p. 41, 1947.

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