"What if there are children who will suffer somehow because I failed to obey God? What if my cowardice costs even one child somewhere in the world his or her life?"

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Source : Richard Stearns (2009). “The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World”, p.49, Thomas Nelson Inc

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“Creativity follows mastery, so mastery of skills is the first priority for young talent.”
“Act the part and you will become the part.”
“So let me put it thus: Hold on to your principles of morality and ethics, use your willpower to the limit, pay great heed to every noble, uplifting desire that is in you; but realize that these things alone are not enough, that they will never bring you to the desired place. We have to realize that all our best is totally inadequate, that a spiritual battle must be fought in a spiritual manner.”
“What is the situation today? We have a united country. We have a single currency. We have managed to stabilize the economy, despite difficulties. We could talk all day about all those achievements.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms.”
“Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.”

Source : Harry Lorayne (1989). “Memory Makes Money”, Signet
“Such is the grasping tendency of the human heart, that it must have a something to lay hold ofâ€”and which, if wrested away without the substitution of another something in its place, would leave a void and a vacancy as painful to the mind, as hunger is to the natural systemâ€¦. The heart must have something to cling toâ€¦”

Source : Thomas Chalmers (1855). “Sermons: Select Works”, p.250
“Looking back on my achievements, it is fair to say that I am extremely proud of what I have done and accomplished so far.”

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