"We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence."

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Source : Anne Fortier (2014). “The Lost Sisterhood: A Novel”, p.448, Ballantine Books

Anne Fortier

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“It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.”

Source : Kent Nerburn (2010). “Small Graces: The Quiet Gifts of Everyday Life”, p.10, New World Library
“I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Ye have lost a child--nay, she is not lost to you, who is found to Christ; she is not sent away, but only sent before; like unto a star, which going out of our sight, doth not die and vanish, but shineth in another hemisphere.”

Source : Samuel Rutherford (1824). “Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition”, p.270
“The effort to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable. And that it is out constant efforts to eliminate the negative - insecurity, uncertainty, failure, or sadness - that is what causes us to feel so insecure, anxious, uncertain, or unhappy.”
“You put your head on the ground, and in that moment everything was okay.”
“Time waits for no man.”
“Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.”
“Congress can grant a waiver [for General James Mattis ] and has done that once in history.”

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