"To deny one's self, to take up the cross, denotes something immeasurably grander than self-imposed penance or rigid conformity to a Divine statute. It is the surrender of self to an ennobling work, an absolute subordination of personal advantages and of personal pleasures for the sake of truth and the welfare of others, and a willing acceptance of every disability which their interests may entail."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 169), 1895.

George C. Lorimer

#Acceptance Quotes #Self Quotes #May Quotes

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”

Source : "Infinite Jest". Book by David Foster Wallace, February 1, 1996.
“'For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them' (Mt. 18:20). I reverence even two or three praying together, for in accordance with the Lord's promise He Himself is in the midst of them.”
“And people coming up asking for autographs, there's only one time when it kind of bothers me: when I'm eating.”
“We learn so many things from golf: how to suffer, for instance.”

Source : Bruce Lansky (2011). “Golf, It's Just a Game: The Best Quotes & Cartoons About Golf”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
“I've often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don't know if I'm entirely wrong about that, but they did sign my paychecks a year ago, so I guess I'm part of the problem.”
“A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.”
“Fashion is everywhere. Everywhere! Flowers are fashion to me, the sky is fashion, my garden is fashion. My darling, the Sistine Chapel is fashion.”
“Sometimes in real life, people can be a bit too unaccepting.”

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