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“Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is Worth Living

“The sun shines not on us but in us.”
― John Muir

“There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.”
― Richard Sibbes

“See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.”
― Richard Sibbes

“Better to be in trouble with Christ, than in peace without him.”
― Richard Sibbes

“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael

“Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, These Strange Ashes

“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
― Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones: Everyone Needs a Miracle

“You are the only you God made... God made you and broke the mold.”
― Max Lucado, Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot

“Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.”
― Max Lucado, Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours

“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!”
― max lucado

“Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.”
― Thomas Watson

“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use”
― Thomas Watson

“Satan loves to fish in the troubled waters of a discontented heart.”
― Thomas Watson

“God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your ‘thorn’ uncomplainingly — that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak — is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace.”
― J.I. Packer, God's Plans for You

“Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

“A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.”
― Thomas More, Selected Writings

“What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.”
― Sir Thomas More

“Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.”
― Sir Thomas More

“It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“What is deferred is not avoided.”
― Sir Thomas More

“love rules without rules”
― Thomas More

“The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”
― Brennan Manning

“Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself. ”
― Brennan Manning, The Wisdom of Tenderness: What Happens When God's Fierce Mercy Transforms Our Lives – A Stirring Invitation to Accept God's Unfathomable Love

“The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.”
― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel

“The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.”
― George Muller