Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Anand Thakur
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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