“there are two pains in life: the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret. You choose.”
― Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments
― Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments
“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
“I used to pray, “I’m gonna live for God!” Now I pray, “God, come live through me.” I used to pray, “I’m gonna work for God!” Now I pray, “God, come do your work through me.” I used to pray, “I’m gonna serve God!” Now I pray, “God, please come and serve through”
― Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments
― Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”
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“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
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