"God honors a beautiful blend of gift and grit! He gives the gift, and He expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively."

-- Beth Moore

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“We have accounts of the deification of men in pagan mythology. But I do not remember any account of a god becoming a man, to help man. Whoever heard of Jupiter or Mars or Minerva coming down and attempting to bear the burdens of men? The gods were willing enough to receive the gifts of men, but Christianity is unique in the fact that our God became a man with human infirmity and emptied Himself of the glory of heaven, in order that He might take upon Himself the sins, diseases and weakness of our humanity.”
“It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.”

Source : Alfred Goldsborough Mayer, Silas Weir Mitchell, Cleveland Abbe, Edward Leamington Nichols, Edwin Herbert Hall (1919). “Biographical Memoir of Theodore Nicholas Gill, 1837-1914: 1913”
“It would seem that in Paine's view the code of government should be that of the legendary King Pausole, who prescribed but two laws for his subjects, the first being, Hurt no man , and the second, Then do as you please.”
“A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.”
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.”
“So many girls and guys want to find a girlfriend and settle down. But it's fun to be single.”

Source : "Brody Jenner Talks About Love". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. December 21, 2007.
“Conditions are seldom ideal, and if one waits long enough for ideal conditions one is just making excuses.”

Source : Bernd Heinrich (1994). “A Year in the Maine Woods”, Addison-Wesley Longman
“You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.”

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