"The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us."

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Tullian Tchividjian

#Moving Quotes #Persistence Quotes #Christianity Quotes

“I grew up with very little religious training. Actually, like, none. I think what Jewishness I felt as a kid stemmed almost entirely from this atrocity in our family tree.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I first foreswore motherhood when I was about eight years old. ... [Children] were annoying. We were loud and sneaky and broke things. As an eight-year-old, maybe I was simply mortified by the prospect of being saddled with myself.”
“When your life falls apart, you either grow, or you grow a tumor.”
“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257 bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you're standing next to the right person.”

Source : Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.89, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.”

Source : Franklin Pierce (1968). “Franklin Pierce, 1804-1869: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”
“I think every person should be able to enjoy life. Try to decide what you most enjoy doing, and then look around to see if there is a job for which you could prepare yourself that would enable you to continue having this sort of joy.”
“You find a way to work with people you have more in common with.”
“My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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