Charles Shinn

“The true sickness in a man’s heart is pride. Pride justifies wrongdoing and conceals the truth . . . even from a man’s own self. Every person is a leper on the inside, Peniel. That is the condition of each soul trying to live outside God’s sovereignty and purpose. What you see on the outside of the people of Mak’ob is an image of what’s inside everyone.”
― Bodie Thoene, Second Touch

“I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.”
― Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

“And instead of pressing the limits of what God could do in and through our lives, we assume that his intention for us is less and so we settle for what we can do rather than what God intended to do through us.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

“The enemy is less concerned about whether or not we believe in God; he wants to make us ineffective.”
― Becca Ramirez, Skull Crushers: Empowering God's Daughters To Be The Warriors He Created Them To Be