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Shovels Quotes

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Israelmore Ayivor
“Leaders don't pray to God to fill their potholes. They ask God for shovels so they can do it by His grace. Pray practically.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: answer-me-lord, creator, food-for-thought, god, grace, grace-of-god, holes, israelmore-ayivor, jehovah, leader, leaders, leadership, personal-development, potholes, practical, practically, practice, pray, prayer, prayer-points, prayers, shovel, shovels, supernatural-god, the-grace-of-god, valleys
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The oddity of our existence is that we are capable of digging holes deeper than we are capable of getting ourselves out of. The greatness of God is that He has a shovel long enough for every hole ever dug.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
tags: choices, christian, decisions, discernment, existence, god, holes, jesus-christ, shovels, wisdom
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“Don't try to mine gold when you can sell shovels.”
― Anonymous
tags: entrepreneurship, gold, gold-rush, opportunity, shovels
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T. Kingfisher
“Shovels were good for burying dead bodies, and also for making bodies dead in the first place.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone
tags: bodies, dead, dead-bodies, funny, marra, nettle-and-bone, shovels, t-kingfisher
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T.K. Naliaka
“Les pelles ne sont pas élégantes, certes, mais elles ont tout de même réussi a libérer des communautés entières du paludisme durant les 5 000 derniers ans.”
― T.K. Naliaka
tags: africa, afrique, disease-control, eradication, les-pelles, malaria, paludisme, public-health, shovels, vector-control
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Simon Scarrow
“Truly, Macro thought, the most effective weapons in Rome’s arsenal were the picks and shovels wielded by her soldiers.”
― Simon Scarrow, Invictus
tags: picks, shovels, soldier, weapons
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Shovels serve two purposes. One is to dig holes and the other is to fill them. And I must say that my life evidences my expertise with the first, but apparently I can’t figure out the second.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
tags: difficulties, dig, holes, ignorance, problems, sabotage, shovels, stupidity, thoughtful, wisdom
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The landscape of the world is littered with holes dug by men in search of water for their souls. But it is the hole where the shovels were surrendered to God that mark the end of holes and the beginning of water.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
tags: christian, god, holes, jesus, quench, satisfy, shovels, spiritual, thirst, water
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The way to quit digging holes is to get rid of the shovels and stay away from the dirt.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
tags: choices, decisions, difficulties, dirt, holes, problems, shovels, struggles
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
“When it comes to the holes that we’re in, lies promise ladders but deliver shovels.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
tags: deception, fact, ladders, lie, lying, manipulation, promises, reality, shovels, truth
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