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Amy Neftzger
"Failure to shed tears is a failure to live life fully. And the one thing that life requires of us all is to live it. Never be embarrassed by your ability to be alive." --
Source : Amy Neftzger (2013). “The Orphanage of Miracles: The Kingdom Wars: Book One”, p.169, Field of Gold Publishing, Inc.
Amy Neftzger
#Live Life Quotes
#Tears Quotes
#Alive Quotes
“There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.”
“I'm getting less good at faking it. People in my family are noticing and asking what's wrong. My friends give me invitations to talk, to cry. I love them for their caring, but I want to run from it. I have lost their language, their facility with words that convey feelings. I am in new territory and feel like a foreigner in theirs.”
“...and I went into the garden and lay down and looked at the stars in the sky and made myself negligible.”
“The true goal of Christian unity is world evangelization.”
Source : David Shibley (1997). “A Force in the Earth: The Move of the Holy Spirit in World Evangelization”
“If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!”
“When you're in prison, and we're left to our own devices, you're stripped of everything, and you really get to see who these people are, the good and the bad.”
“Love, real love, is not simply a state of bliss. It is an ever-changing state, the result of time and emotional development, of trust and commitment.”
“Start with yourself. Only if you change can the world change. We are just taking it a little bit further. Not only do you start with yourself, but always remember others.”