Connie

“True hope isn’t passive. True hope inspires and motivates and drives a person to do everything possible to realize those hopes.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Best Intentions

“He seems in a hurry, which is something I am unaccustomed to. Here on the plains, men my age, we move slowly. We move deliberately, a purpose to our motion. I wonder if most young men of the next generation are like Levi, and I conclude they probably are. They have yet to recognize the beauty of slowness.”
― Donald S. Smurthwaite, Road to Bountiful

“I sometimes hear the question of why an all-powerful God would allow so much evil and suffering in the world. It strikes me as an uncomfortably passive inquiry. For me, the compelling question is, Why do we as children of an all-powerful God—who has given us strict and holy commandments to love one another—permit so much evil and suffering in the world He gave us to run? I know that other people’s bad choices are creating pain far beyond my ability to influence, but I ask myself, What can I do individually and collectively about the things I hate in this world? If we really are agents to act and not be acted upon, then what am I prepared to do?”
― Sharon Eubank, Doing Small Things with Great Love: How Everyday Humanitarians Are Changing the World

“No one ever accomplished anything by being content with who they were, Shallan,” Adolin said. “We accomplish great things by reaching toward who we could become.” “As long as it’s what you want to become. Not what someone else thinks you should become.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War