"In a way Winter is the real Spring - the time when the inner things happen, the resurgence of nature."

-- Edna O'Brien

#Spring Quotes #Real Quotes #Winter Quotes

“The health of a community is an almost unfailing index of its morals.”
“The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.”
“When you hear fear knocking on the door, most of the time when you answer it thereâ€™s nothing there. Itâ€™s just you holding yourself back.”
“If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.”

Source : Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1983). “Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“If a big wave came at the wrong moment, it would sweep me off into forty-eight-degree water, where I might last twenty minutes. Drowning quickly might be better.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.126, Thomas Nelson Inc
“The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls, so it is to this we must look to becoming more spiritual, drawing nearer to God, no matter what our human minds and bodies go through.”
“You take everything I've made the last 16 years. I'll take my freedom.”
“That all of Godâ€™s men are immortal until God is through with them is a wonderful comforting thought for today. And when He is through with you, He will remove you from the earth.”

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