"But the question to precede all others, which finally determines the course of our lives is What do I really want? Was it to love what God commands, in the words of the collect, and to desire what He promises? Did I want what I wanted, or did I want what He wanted, no matter what it might cost?"

-- Elisabeth Elliot

#Promise Quotes #Desire Quotes #Cost Quotes

“The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.”
“The only thing that we can really make is our work, and deliberate work of the mind, imagination and hand, done, as Nietzsche said, â€˜notwithstanding,â€™ in the long run remakes the world.”

Source : Edmund Wilson, Lewis M. Dabney (1983). “The portable Edmund Wilson”, Viking Adult
“But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.”
“Where thereâ€™s a will, thereâ€™s a way.”
“Most diseases are the result of medication which has been prescribed to relieve and take away a beneficent and warning symptom on the part of Nature.”
“Faith is the physical description of God. That's what He is. It's the only word we have in our language to accurately describe His physical form.”
“The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.”
“Men know so little about us women. We've a weakness, it is true, for those who charm us, but we always come back to those who love us.”

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