February 2012
16 posts
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“Heaven never helps the man who will not act.” -William Shakespeare
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” -Henry David Thoreau
“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.” -Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.” -Hermann Hesse
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“[Jesus is ] The Chuck Norris of Unsin.”
– Tim Quiles
“High titles debase, instead of elevate, those who know not how to support them.” -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.” -Jawaharal Nehru
“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” -Arthur Golden
“Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.” -Unknown
“Adversity exasperates fools, rejects cowards, draws out the faculties of the wise and industrious, puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill, awes the opulent, and makes the idle industrious.” -Unknown
“The virtue of deeds lies in completing them.” -Arabian Proverb
“The chief advisor to Logic is Emotion.”
– Darnell Clayton
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“I don’t believe in failure. Because simply by saying you’ve failed, you’ve...”
– my happiness project
January 2012
13 posts
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†: The Goal of Christian Living →
nonelikejesus:
It is not to this that Christ’s example calls us.
He did not cultivate self, even His divine self: He took no account of self.
He was not led by His divine impulse out of the world, driven back into the recesses of His own soul to brood morbidly over His own needs, until to gain His own…
“It is easy to blame religion for acts of violence carried out in religion’s...”
– Reza Aslan, Beyond Fundamentalism (via abideinhislove)
There’s a lot of wisdom in this snippet.
WatchPastor Chris presents his iTestimony/sermon at Transformation House. Note: video quality is low as I recorded it (live) from my iPhone. Next time I’ll just simply record it.
“A church that can’t worship must be entertained; & men who can’t lead a...”
– A.W. Tozer (via classyliving)
Very true.
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“Always choose enlightenment over ignorance, regardless of the consequences.”
– Darnell Clayton
“Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children,...”
– Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 14:20+38)
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are...”
– Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 10:23)
December 2011
4 posts
Christianity isn’t for cowards. It never was and never will be. To commit oneself towards the teachings of Christ means to expose oneself to injury, betrayal and ultimately failure.
It’s a risky affair that demands sacrifice of time, resources and talent towards a certain goal with an uncertain path.
But for those who choose to lay aside their hopes, dreams and ambitions in order...
I haven’t written here in awhile (in fact I’ve been busy blogging elsewhere, but that isn’t an excuse).
Earlier this month I left the Assemblies of God congregation that I was attending for the past few (maybe 5?) years and opted for a smaller, younger non-denominational church (I’ll delve into the reasons why, and no none of them are political/doctrinal/etc.).
Since I...
plainandsimplejeanine:
Don’t EVER let anyone strangle your dreams. You can become who ever you want to be. An astronaut, an author, anything. Just have faith.
Amen.
November 2011
7 posts
“Your past mistakes are lessons to help you avoid future trauma.”
– Darnell Clayton
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the...”
– King David (Psalm 27:1-2)
“Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“The confidence of ignorance will always overcome the indecision of knowledge.” -Unknown
Those who risk nothing, gain nothing. To settle for safety and security insures that you will never have more than what you started out with.
October 2011
28 posts
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism;...”
– Jawaharal Nehru
“You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you, you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.” -Will Smith In ‘Pursuit Of Happyness’
“God’s way of answering the Christian’s prayer for more patience,...”
– Richard Cecil
“For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling...”
– Author Unknown (9:13-14)
“And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,...”
– Author Unknown (Hebrews 8:11-12)
“Adaptability: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself...”
– Unknown
“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
– John Wooden
“Ability is nothing without opportunity.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
“I believe in prayer. It’s the best way we have to draw strength from...”
– Josephine Baker
