“God moves into our lives by divine design, to periodically disturb our equilibrium. That’s how he develops us.”
― Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive
― Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive
“A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH
I do not carry a sickle or scythe.
I only wear a hooded black robe when it's cold.
And I don't have those skull-like facial features you seem to enjoy pinning on me from a distance. You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I continue.”
― The Book Thief
I do not carry a sickle or scythe.
I only wear a hooded black robe when it's cold.
And I don't have those skull-like facial features you seem to enjoy pinning on me from a distance. You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I continue.”
― The Book Thief
“People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“I also fear that nothing really ends at the end. Things just keep going as long as memory can wield its ax, always finding a soft part in your mind to cut through and enter.”
― I Am the Messenger
― I Am the Messenger
“As an effective teacher, you must not only know that which you would teach—that is, your content—but you must also know those whom you wish to teach.”
― Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive
― Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive
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