"We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven."

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Henry David Thoreau

#Night Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Camping Quotes

“life is a disease ...”
“For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.”
“I am fully supportive of 'open service' and committed to LGBT military families.”
“The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious.”
“There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly man as a penal infliction, but to the righteous as a summons to his Father's palace. To the sinner it is an execution, to the saint an undressing from his sins and infirmities. Death to the wicked is the King of terrors. Death to the saint is the end of terrors, the commencement of glory.”
“I look at pictures of you because I am afraid that you would notice me staring in real life. I looked at your picture today for countless minutes. It is closer than Iâ€™ll ever get to you for real. I felt like I was looking at a captured animal at a safe distance. If you knew I was doing this, you would feel sickened and frightened. Thatâ€™s why youâ€™ll never know. Years will go by and youâ€™ll never know. I will never say the things that I want to say to you. I know the damage it would do. I love you more than I hate my loneliness and pain.”
“I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.”
“Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done.”

Source : Dan B. Allender (2011). “Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness”, p.77, WaterBrook

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