"Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it."

-- Shane Claiborne

#Bless Quotes #Make Sense Quotes

“Public sentiment is not observed. The wealthy and powerful gain a ready hearing, but the plodding, suffering, unorganized complaining multitude are spurned and derided.”
“I shall open my eyes and ears. Once every day I shall simply stare at a tree, a flower, a cloud, or a person. I shall not then be concerned at all to ask what they are but simply be glad that they are. I shall joyfully allow them their "divine, magical, and ecstatic" existence.”
“My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”

Source : Reader's Digest, Volume 111, No. 666, October 1977.
“The central fact of North American history is that there were fifteen British Colonies before 1776. Thirteen rebelled and two did not.”

Source : June Callwood (1981). “Portrait of Canada”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
“Jesus will judge us not only for what we did, but also for what we could have done and didn't.”
“After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.”

Source : "Breaking: CIA's Petraeus Resigning". David Petraeus' letter of resignation to the CIA staff, security.blogs.cnn.com. November 9, 2012.
“The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours.”
“Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it was a passing from sunshine into shadow, from the effulgent glory of heaven to the mists of worldly passions and human unbelief; it was the beginning of His rapid descent into the valley of humiliation.”

Source : James E. Talmage (2015). “Jesus the Christ”, p.330, Latter-day Strengths

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