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People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character
Rick WarrenRick Warren Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
Rick WarrenRick Warren The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.
Rick WarrenRick Warren The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Trusting God completely means having faith that he knows what is best for your life. You expect him to keep his promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Our hope is not in the man we put in the White House but in the Man we put on the Cross.
Rick WarrenRick Warren The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable.
Rick WarrenRick Warren What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.
Rick WarrenRick Warren The greatest use of your words is prayer. Talk to God about EVERYTHING, all the time. Maintain a running conversation.
Rick WarrenRick Warren You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.
Rick WarrenRick Warren We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.
Rick WarrenRick Warren God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal Don’t look down to the world, look up to the creator.
Paul PogbaPaul Pogba If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock Man believes in the possible, but God believes in the impossible.
Ray LewisRay Lewis Wealth–the most excellent of all gods.
AristophanesAristophanes God has never made a mistake. Ever.
Ray LewisRay Lewis For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
TertullianTertullian