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“Keep on. God gives us dreams of what our lives will be, but He doesn’t guarantee them. Just asks us to trust Him with the changes.”
― Anne Mateer, Wings of a Dream

“But perhaps understanding didn’t matter as much as I imagined. Perhaps that was the true definition of faith.”
― Anne Mateer, Wings of a Dream

“But don’t think for a moment I don’t know what you’re up to. And I won’t always be so easily manipulated.” “Ma-nip-u-lated.” Peter scowled. “I do not know what this means.” Her chin thrust out. “Oh, yes you do.”
― Kim Vogel Sawyer, Waiting for Summer's Return

“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am”
― John Newton

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
― Jim Elliott

“Rilla was fond of italics, as most girls of fifteen are.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside

“At that moment, something shifted sweetly inside him. It was forgiveness, beautiful and effortless and complete. For Louie Zamperini, the war was over.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

“Our sacrifice is greater than his," cried Rilla passionately. "Our boys give only themselves. We give them.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside

“If anyone ever bothered to apply the rod of discipline to your backside, you probably wouldn’t be so impossible to deal with.”
― Cathy Marie Hake, Letter Perfect

“Louie found himself thinking of the moment at which he had woken in the sinking hull of Green Hornet, the wires that had trapped him a moment earlier now, inexplicably, gone. And he remembered the Japanese bomber swooping over the rafts, riddling them with bullets, and yet not a single bullet had struck him, Phil, or Mac. He had fallen into unbearably cruel worlds, and yet he had borne them. When he turned these memories in his mind, the only explanation he could find was one in which the impossible was possible.
What God asks of men, said Graham, is faith. His invisibility is the truest test of that faith. To know who sees him, God makes himself unseen.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

“In a single, silent moment, his rage, his fear, his humiliation and helplessness, had fallen away. That morning, he believed, he was a new creation. Softly, he wept.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Trust is born in love, and our need is to love God, not apprehend
facts concerning him.”
― George MacDonald, The Curate's Awakening

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”
― Ronald Reagan

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

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
― Billy Sunday, "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ

“There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“The truth of God's love is not that He allows bad things to happen, it's his promise that he will be there with us--when they do.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
― Winston Churchill

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

“Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in pants and smoking. I’m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error…”
― Tasha Tudor

“Travis straightened himself into soldierly erectness. The weariness of his countenance melted into chiseled resolve, tightening his chin. “I stay here to defend the Alamo. And, for those who will also choose to stay, I know that, although they may be sacrificed to the vengeance of a Gothic enemy, the victory will cost the enemy so dear that it will be worse for him than a defeat.”
― Alicia A. Willis, Remembering the Alamo

“Young men do not respect girls they can take advantage of - and they do not as easily take advantage of girls they respect.”
― Sarah Mally, Before You Meet Prince Charming: A Guide to Radiant Purity

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
― C.S. Lewis

“You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. ”
― Ronald Reagan

“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
― Ronald Reagan

“Well, I think her exact words were, ‘Luke, sometimes I don’t wike you vewy much,’ so I just told her that I’d always love her very much.” ~Luke Sullivan”
― Chautona Havig, Ready or Not

“It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“If you can sit in silence with a person for half an hour and yet be entirely comfortable, you and that person can be friends. If you cannot, friends you'll never be and you need not waste time in trying.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle