"Instead of seeing all of this as God's extraordinary grace, we come to expect the comfort and joys that God gives us as the baseline, the measure of what we believe to be our due. When our comfort level drops below our expectations, we are shocked and angered, and even foolishly express our outrage to God Himself."

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R. C. Sproul, Jr.

#Believe Quotes #Giving Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“Launch out into the deep. One discovers by living in scorn of consequence.”
“I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that's why I've been around so many men. I've always been a tomboy. And any man that knows me will tell you I'm not a girly girl.”
“See, I donâ€™t expect to win a prize for stoic control and dignity at mourning time. Death deserve tantrums. Beating back shocked indignation, kicks in the groin, stones, classified unacceptable, not to be tolerated, not to be wooed, not to be conspired with. Only then can music, dance, movies, plays, rap be about life. Only then can life be cherished and adored.”
“I know intuitively when the work is right, no training can teach you this, it is simply a matter of feeling.”
“I suppose you could pass for a starlet. You do have that femme fatale air about you. Like you crush boysâ€™ dreams in your spare time.”
“The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light.”

Source : "Not a Preface, but a Word of Thanks". Foreword to "Unfinished Journey" by Yehudi Menuhin, 1977.
“Action must be taken at once, there is no time to be lost.”
“I'm kind of a private person in a way.”

Source : "Filmmakers discovered Thomas Horn on 'Jeopardy!'". Interview with Susan Wloszczyna, usatoday30.usatoday.com. December 22, 2011.

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