Quotes by Authors - Page 71

I came from as low as one could come, with no mother and no father. So in return I build a family for myself and these fella’s were a part of my family. So I had to look out for them, as if I was looking out for my children. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members
Drexel Deal
I used to play a game where I imagined that someone had abandoned me in a strange place & I had to find my way back home-I thought I could do it blind, the same way a lost dog might trek a thousand miles to return to its owner, relying on some mysterious instinct that drew the heart back to where it belonged.
Laura McHugh
There is no indication that God explained to Joseph what He was doing through those many years of heartache or how the pieces would eventually fit together. He had no ways of knowing that he would eventually enjoy a triumphal reunion with his family. He was expected, as you and I are, to live out his life one day at a time in something less than complete understanding. What pleased God was Joseph’s faithfulness when nothing made sense.
James C. Dobson
My mother had been in the Soviet whirlpool for eleven years by this point. Enough time, I imagine, to unlearn the bourgeois habits of her native Brooklyn, to accustom herself to the farting and shouting of her neighbours, to doing her washing by hand in the collective tub, to keeping her dry food locked up in her wardrobe
Sana Krasikov
There’s a wound most troubled boys share, which, at its core, comes from the feeling that they don’t have their father’s unconditional love.
Clayton Lessor MA
A visit to the family farm in spring means witnessing growth and challenge and beauty and stillness all rolled into one.
Heidi Barr
It’s safer/ easier to follow the script and complain how broken some things are in that script, than to attempt to change those things.
Lukasz Laniecki
Modern life seems set up so that we can avoid loneliness at all costs, but maybe it's worthwhile to face it occasionally. The further we push aloneness away, the less are we able to cope with it, and the more terrifying it gets. Some philosophers believe that loneliness is the only true feeling there is. We live orphaned on a tiny rock in the immense vastness of space, with no hint of even the simplest form of life anywhere around us for billions upon billions of miles, alone beyond all imagining. We live locked in our own heads and can never entirely know the experience of another person. Even if we're surrounded by family and friends, we journey into death completely alone.
Michael Finkel
Prison is designed to separate, isolate, and alienate you from everyone and everything. You're not allowed to do so much as touch your spouse, your parents, your children. The system does everything within its power to sever any physical or emotional links you have to anyone in the outside world. They want your children to grow up without ever knowing you.They want your spouse to forget your face and start a new life. They want you to sit alone, grieving, in a concrete box, unable even to say your last farewell at a parent's funeral.
Damien Echols
If you never learned to hold onto someone, how could it possibly hurt now to let them go?
Shannon L. Alder
THE UNFORGIVENTell me if you've ever had to deal with these kinds of people:The kind who take and don't give.The kind to whom you give and give,And they keep asking.The kind to whom you give and give and they say you gave nothing.The kind whom have never offered anything,But act like they're the ones providingEVERYTHING.The kind you give and give,But take more than you can give.And when they have already taken everything,They get mad at you when you say you haveNothing more to give.The unforgiving,The misgiving,Wastefully living -And selfishly driven.The rat that never gives back,Yet is so quick to attack -Because they think the wordTAKINGSeriously meansGIVING.
Suzy Kassem
Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the family - who was related to whom - and I struggled. I couldn't remember. A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let your past disappear that way.
Mitch Albom
If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Lord, I pray that you will let my talent bring JOY and BEAUTY to a world that sometimes is dark and discouraging.
Jennifer Allwood
The pleasure of reading is the greatest solitude.
Lailah Gifty Akita
We are surrounded by adversity but we shall triumph because we have a greater spirit
Lailah Gifty Akita
May God guide and lead us to a glorious future.
Lailah Gifty Akita
By God’s grace and mighty power, we can do great deeds.
Lailah Gifty Akita
A grateful heart is good medicine.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Lord save mankind from every darkness and bondage.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The graveyard is the everlasting home of every man.
Lailah Gifty Akita
God of great mercy!God of great compassion!
Lailah Gifty Akita
Wherever you are, you have to be joyfully alive.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Today is a sacred moment.
Lailah Gifty Akita
We thrive in hardships by God’s grace.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The people living in land of deep darkness have seen a great light.
Lailah Gifty Akita
I mediate on God’s word, therefore, I have hope.
Lailah Gifty Akita
It is a blessed bliss to live to be old.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is an enduring race.
Lailah Gifty Akita
May my children, fear, know and walk with God.
Lailah Gifty Akita
When we have graciously endured every adversity, we become like a shining diamond.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Go forward and explore many great lands.
Lailah Gifty Akita
God never fails. No matter how long it takes, the promise will be fulfilled.
Lailah Gifty Akita
As we receive, we give.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The body is a temple, where God dwells.
Lailah Gifty Akita
We are brothers and sisters. We are one sacred family.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Nothing good in this world comes free! For everything there’s a payment of time or money or soul!
Kellyn Roth
How like God's love yours has been to me- so wise, so generous, and so unsparing!" exclaimed Pancratius. "Promise me one thing more- that is, that you will stay near to me to the end, and carry my last legacy to my mother.
Nicholas Wiseman
Whether right or wrong, it is my belief that Christian colleges place their emphasis not on that which divides us, but on the substance that binds us together. That commonality is the gospel of Jesus Christ. He commanded us to love one another—to set aside our differences and to care for “the least of these” among us. It is our unity, not our diversity, that deserves our allegiance.
James C. Dobson
Well, there is no sin in being gay. The immorality comes from engaging in forbidden behavior. Therefore, the Christian homosexual is in the same situation as the unmarried heterosexual. He (or she) is expected to control his or her lusts and live a holy life. I know this is a tough position to take, and some will argue with it. But I stand on the authority of Scripture, and I have no license to edit it.
James C. Dobson
It is no coincidence that Christian fundamentalist movements worldwide seek a return to Old Testament laws - because they fundamentally reject Christ as the New Covenant - which replaced all that.They are not Christians - they are Leviticans.
Christina Engela
If you don't follow Christ or love others in the way Christ said, and let yourself be bogged down instead with fearfulness, hatred, violence and the persecution of others - HOW can you call yourself a 'Christian'?
Christina Engela
The paradise of praying is like a palace of full of precious things.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The sacred lamp, shall never cease to burn to give light.
Lailah Gifty Akita
We can only testify about what we have seen: the signs and wonders of God. So that others may desire to seek the Holy One.
Lailah Gifty Akita
O Father, console them and please spare our country from that terrible disaster, not because we are any better but only out of grace. And if it has to be different, then teach me to pray: "Your will be done." O please protect him whom my soul lives! -From the journal of Diet Eman
Diet Eman
All great people had critics but they still believe in the beauty of their dreams, fully persuaded to stay focused and determined for the realisationof their dreams.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Ocean is not supposed to be scared of the drops.
Amit Kalantri
The truth which has been spoken too late is more damaging than a lie.
Amit Kalantri
If you always do "just enough" you'll never have more than enough.
Rob Liano
Complements from your companion will do you no good, but if you get complements from your competitors it means you are really doing good.
Amit Kalantri
Countless possibilities exist in any situation. You must maintain a positive outlook to see the miraculous possibilities.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Curiosity fueled our determination to keep questioning.
Lailah Gifty Akita
They oppressed us but unable to kill our spirit.
Lailah Gifty Akita
When I was a child, I thought like a child.When I became adult, I seek a deeper understanding of life.
Lailah Gifty Akita
May we love each other with brotherly love. Love cast out all fears.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Life’s challenges are inevitable. We have to prepare mentally by renewing our mind with inspiration daily to be able to cope when the situation arise.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Life tests us to see our level of endurance.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Those who find courage to pursue their dreams, manifest gladness of the soul.
Lailah Gifty Akita
It is your life, enthusiastically accept the challenge.
Lailah Gifty Akita