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“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”
― Martin Luther

“In the Christian race of life, we are not running to win - we have already won. We are just running to finish. Jesus has already finished the race, and He is standing on the other side.”
― James Collins, Don't Throw The Believer Out With The Baptistry Water: The Best Of The Point Is... Volume 1

“God is God. If He is God, He is worthy of my worship and my service. I will find rest nowhere but in His will, and that will is infinitely, immeasurably, unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor

“The difference between success and failure in this life of ours is mostly hard work, so you must constantly work to try to improve yourself.”
― Burke Davis, Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller

“It is not sin as we see it that was laid on Christ but sin as God sees it, not sin as our conscience feebly reveals it to us but sin as God beholds it in all its unmitigated malignity and unconcealed loathsomeness. Sin, in its exceeding sinfulness, Jesus has put away. But when we perceive sin, then we are to trust the blood.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“And that’s when we have to rely on what the Bible says and not on what our deceitful hearts are telling us. He’s with us, even when all the world’s out to prove that wrong. He’ll never leave us, even when everyone else has. You are His. Always.”
― Kristina Hall, Promises Unbroken

“If you want to find your contribution in this world and leave a legacy, look at your wounds. When you learn how to heal them, teach others." L.C. Tang”
― L.C. Tang

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.”
― Tyler Perry

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. this is my symphony.”
― William Ellery Channing

“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It’s going to break your heart. Don’t let this happen.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.”
― Billy Graham

“The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”
― Billy Graham

“Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. If we are bored with life there is something wrong with our concept of God and His involvement in our daily lives. Even the most dull and tedious days of our lives are ordained by God and ought to be used by us to glorify Him.”
― Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“The surest way to succeed is to try JUST ONE more time.”
― Vedika Agrawal

“When we stop seeing tasks as burdens or obligations and instead view them as ways to serve God, we find renewed purpose and motivation. Even small, everyday tasks like washing dishes can become acts of worship when we do them with the right attitude.”
― Caylin Prince, Decline Pity Parties and Invite Mercy: A Christian Journey to Break Free From Self-Pity and Embrace God’s Mercy