God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.
SAINT AUGUSTINEGod is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
More Saint Augustine Quotes
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Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.
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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
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Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
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To sing is to pray twice.
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For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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