Mike

“It's okay to question *everything*.”
― Scoop Malinowski

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

“[The] matter of the direct and personal approach is very important. Ministers particularly love to say, "God can help you." Please do not say it! No matter how sincere you are, it sounds to the other person like the hackneyed professional approach which they have come to distrust, because for years they have cried out for God to help them and He has not done so. Say "*I* can help you." You do not at this moment have time to be humble. True humility consists, in any case, in caring so much for another that you do not think of yourself at all; and the question of whether or not you are speaking with due modesty simply does not enter your mind.”
― Agnes Sanford, The Healing Gifts of the Spirit

“Mothers used to instruct their daughters, “This one has potential. If you work with this one, you’ll have a winner on your hands.” Well, that certainly doesn’t happen anymore! Women today want their men to arrive camera-ready! But who said you were perfect? Don’t think about changing or rearranging him. Concentrate on inspiring him and empowering him to rise up and be all that God has ordained him to be. Some women I know have initially passed right by their [future] husbands because he wasn’t perfectly polished. You don’t think all these successful men in the world started off that way, do you? Of course not! They climbed and climbed until they reached their goal. And most likely some woman was right there beside him all the way. Now those women get to reap the rewards. And that reward is so much greater if he’s a man of God.”
― Michelle McKinney Hammond, Secrets of an Irresistible Woman: Smart Rules for Capturing His Heart