"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool."

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Chinua Achebe

#Doors Quotes #Thought Provoking Quotes #Worry Quotes

“Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also...the difficulties that are in our way.”
“It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.”
“if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.”
“I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition.”
“Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.”

Source : E. M. Delafield (2015). “The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated): The Provincial Lady Series, Zella Sees Herself, The War-Workers, Consequences, Gay Life, The Heel of Achilles, Humbug, Messalina of the Suburbs (Including Short Stories and Plays)”, p.2680, e-artnow
“God loves the saints as the purchase of his Son's blood. They cost him dear, and that which is so hardly got shall not be easily lost. He that was willing to expend his Son's blood to gain them, will not deny his power to keep them.”

Source : William Gurnall (1865). “The Christian in Complete Armour: A Treatise of the Saints' War Against the Devil, Wherein a Discovery is Made of that Grand Enemy of God and His People, in His Policies, Power, Seat of His Empire, Wickedness, and Chief Design He Hath Against the Saints : a Magazine Opened, from Whence the Christian is Furnished with Spiritual Arms for the Battle, Helped on with His Armour, and Taught the Use of His Weapon, Together with the Happy Issue of the Whole War”, p.29
“I do have my concerns for mankind as a species. Way I see it, humans are in transition. Accelerating at f**king light speed into some new insanity, and no one really knows how it's going to turn out.”
“The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.”

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