“But what if I don’t win?” he asked. “There is no dishonor in losing the race,” Don said. “There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.” He
“Estelle grinned knowingly. “You have to listen to each other all the time. But not all the time. If you listen to each other all the time, there’s a risk that you can’t forgive each other afterward.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“We find our humanity—our will to live and our ability to love—in our connections to one another.”
― Option B
― Option B
“Once he said to his mother, “Do not ask me what is wrong with me, for I do not know. When I reach into my mind I encounter nothing but”
― Dear and Glorious Physician
― Dear and Glorious Physician
“Our painful experiences aren’t a liability—they’re a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.”
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“This teaching has reached almost all civilized countries, to their disaster, for law and justice and mercy and kindness are not rooted in men, but in God, and without Him they cannot truly exist, Him who made them. Man is only the receptacle of grace; he is not grace itself.”
― Dear and Glorious Physician
― Dear and Glorious Physician
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