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“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”
― Ivan Turgenev

“Life is too short to be lived badly.”
― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

“Everybody’s got somewhere to go. Just takes some folks longer to figure out where to.”
― David Baldacci, First Family

“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
― Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

“When we are in the grip of lust, the reality of God fades.”
― R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man

“Some fathers exasperate their children by being overly strict and controlling. They need to remember that rearing children is like holding a wet bar of soap — too firm a grasp and it shoots from your hand, too loose a grip and it slides away. A gentle but firm hold keeps you in control.”
― R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man

“The surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one's own knowledge is not to overstep them.”
― Giacomo Leopardi

“When we talk about worship, we are talking about something we give to God. Modern Christianity seems committed instead to the idea that God should be giving to us.”
― John F. MacArthur Jr., Worship: The Ultimate Priority

“There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.”
― Matt Smethurst, Before You Share Your Faith: Five Ways to Be Evangelism Ready

“Is America still great? For where comes the greatness of a nation, except in the strengths of its leaders?”
― Tom Clancy, Executive Orders

“Methods are many, principles are few. Methods may change, principles never do.”
― Elmer L. Towns, What is Right?: Biblical Principles for Decision-Making

“Grace means that we deserve nothing and can do nothing. God comes along and does what we cannot do.”
― Erwin W. Lutzer, Heaven and the Afterlife: The Truth about Tomorrow and What It Means for Today

“God has many children, but no grandchildren.”
― Erwin W. Lutzer, Heaven and the Afterlife: The Truth about Tomorrow and What It Means for Today