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“We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has.”
― Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

“According to ancient Asian philosophy, life is not a circle but a spiral. Every life lesson that has ever been presented to you (which means everything you have ever been through) will come back again, in some form, until you learn it. And the stakes each time will be higher. Whatever you’ve learned will bear greater fruit. Whatever you’ve failed to learn will bear harsher consequences. Whatever didn’t work in your life before this point was a reflection of the fact that you hadn’t yet integrated the different parts of yourself. Where you didn’t yet accept yourself, you attracted a lack of acceptance in others. Where you hadn’t yet dealt with your shadows, you manifested shadowy situations. Broken parts of you encountered broken parts of others. So now you know! That was then and this is now.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Year of Miracles: Daily Devotions and Reflections

“Only write from your own passion, your own truth. That's the only thing you really know about, and anything else leads you away from the pulse.”
― Marianne Williamson

“The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled space, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity. . .”
― Marianne Williamson

“Nobody's perfect. Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him....”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”
― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Prayer

“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”
― Ronald Reagan

“Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!”
― Joel Osteen

“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”
― William Blake

“In darkness God's truth shines most clear.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

“There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.”
― Ruth Hurmence Green

“Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.”
― Bob Pierce

“Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

“I want Jesus to come back and say 'THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT'" -”
― Margaret Cho

“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

(Jesus, in Mark 11:24)”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

“God did not create you to fail!”
― Tommy Coletta

“Love only fails when we fail to love.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.”
― Max Lucado, Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God

“Focus on giants - you stumble.
Focus on God - Giants tumble.”
― Max Lucado, Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God

“...I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.”
― Darlene Zschech

“God didn't send His only Son to die on the cross so that we can hide behind our guilt, shame, and pride.”
― Heather Bixler, Breaking Pride

“Faith reminds us that change is always possible.”
― Jim Wallis

“Be rooted in Christ, read your Bible daily.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“OUr past doesn't define us. It prepares us.”
― Maralee McKee, Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

“When we find out Who He (Jesus) is, then we find out who we are and it forever settles what we believe.”
― Yvette R. Dempster, The Adoption: Whose You Are = Who You Are

“Make no mistake, sin has been dealt with once for all, and we are as close to Him as we will ever be.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“Faith Alive is Faith in Practice
EVERYDAY”
― D. A. MC Bride, THE WIND CHIMES OF LIFE

“They want explanation, not faith; God gives them faith as the explanation.”
― Geoffrey Wood

“Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.”
― Tullian Tchividjian