"If you're wrestling with some sort of decision, reflect for a moment and ask yourself, Am I being brave, or am I being safe? In the end, it depends on whether we think God can be trusted."

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Source : Gary A. Haugen (2009). “Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian”, p.106, InterVarsity Press

Gary Haugen

#Wrestling Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Decision Quotes

“All my buddies over the years, like Kevin Costner and the guys - I see em go here, I see em go there - but I just do my work.”
“Don't give me that look. I'm not trying to find out who you are. I don't care who you are. I just want to know why it is you are the way you are.”
“Even when you have three strikes, you're still not out. There is always something else you can do.”
“We don't think about how the songs are going to translate so much during the writing process. Once the song is recorded, and once we're mixing, that's when it occurs to me. Then you start rehearsing to play shows. I never concern myself about how we're going to pull it off live, because I know we'll figure out a way to do it.”
“The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor.”

Source : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
“I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine, healthy life, too; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of instant decision...I enjoyed the life to the full.”
“A five-year old is in a pretty good position to assess who is beautiful and who is not. Removed from the confusions of sexuality, he or she can judge a face as a face.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House
“I went looking for my dreams outside of myself and discovered, it's not what the world holds for you, it's what you bring to it.”

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