“The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.”
― Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
― Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
“Sometimes t feels like I live in a circus and all the animals are loose.”
― The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
― The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
“Every time I pass church
I stop and make a visit
So when I'm carried in feet first
God won't say, "Who is it?”
― The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
I stop and make a visit
So when I'm carried in feet first
God won't say, "Who is it?”
― The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
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