"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“A problem shared is a problem doubled.”
“Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.”

Source : Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway
“Once you have been confronted with a life-and-death situation, trivia no longer matters. Your perspective grows and you live at a deeper level. There's no time for pettiness.”
“If a man has enough power, he can speak softly and everyone will listen”
“There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.”
“I believe that the public temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives the best promise of administering the government in the honest, simple, and plain manner which is consistent with its character and purposes. They have learned that mystery and concealment in the management of their affairs cover tricks and betrayal. The statesmanship they require consists in honesty and frugality, a prompt response to the needs of the people as they arise, and a vigilant protection of all their varied interests.”
“Everyone makes mistakes - mistakes are correctable.”
“This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in what God has done in Christ, and for us in union with him. Rather than view Christians first and foremost in the microcosmic context of their own progress, the Reformed doctrine first of all sets them in the macrocosm of God's activity in redemptive history. It is seeing oneself in this context that enables the individual Christian to grow in true holiness.”

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