"How strange that the young should always think the world is against them - when in fact that is the only time it is for them."

-- Mignon McLaughlin

#Teenage Quotes #Thinking Quotes #World Quotes

“The Christian-Judaic God does not exist, and if He did exist as described in the Bible, He would certainly not be a good role model.”
“When something goes wrong, what's the best course of action? To change your direction. The word repentance means to stop going one direction (your own way) and turn toward the right direction (God's way). Your past may be a part of who you are, but it certainly doesn't have to define your future. Or if you feel stuck and unable to change directions and move toward God, think of this transformation another way. The Bible says that God is the Potter and we are his clay (Jer. 18:2-6).”
“More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If I'm having relentless thoughts, I just won't shut up in my head. I know that if I put myself on the mat and just focus on a flow that I will transmute or I will transform, transfer the energy into some other act or put my attention somewhere else, I'll be back. I'll feel stronger not only in my body but most certainly in my brain.”
“Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.”
“Given the right set of circumstances any one of us could become dangerous - so why not show that in our programmes?”
“In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures, by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them, they do not answer the expectation, nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.”

Source : John Tillotson (1717). “The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...”, p.270
“How could she tell him that we come to love those who save us?”

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