Liberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self-denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging responsibility for our deeds.
FULTON J. SHEENLiberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self-denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging responsibility for our deeds.
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Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
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Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?
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Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.
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There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God,’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning’!
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Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
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Freedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought. The right to do whatever we please reduces freedom to a physical power and forgets that freedom is a moral power.
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Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.
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If you do not live out your faith enthusiastically, maybe you don’t have any faith.
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There are angels near you to guide you and protect you, if you would but invoke them. It is not later than we think, it is a bigger world than we think.
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Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.
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If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.
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How could science be an enemy of religion when God commanded man to be a scientist the day He told him to rule the earth and subject it?
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The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
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Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.
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We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.
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