"I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine to our own case, to claim an exception."

-- William Wilberforce

#Doctrine Quotes #Wealth Quotes #Natural Quotes

“My mum taught me always to see the funny side of things.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's nice when you put in a lot of hard work and you're recognized and a few people appreciate what you've done.”
“We must generate courage equal to the size of the difficulties we face.”
“That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all.”

Source : Renata Adler (2013). “Speedboat”, p.30, New York Review of Books
“Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.”
“The key to liberation from the power of materialism is not an exodus from culture - abandoning Wall Street or leaving the wealth of the nation to others - but the grace of giving... Givers for God disarm the power of money. They invite God's grace to flow through them.”
“Harden our hearts to the innocents in the womb, and we have hardened our hearts to the need for compassion, and mercy, and fellow-feeling, and charity, and decency in this world.”
“My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.”

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