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“Anyhow, he say, you know how it is. You ast yourself one question, it lead to fifteen. I start to wonder why us need love. Why us suffer. Why us black. Why us men and women. Where do children really come from. It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“So what if --- just dreaming out loud, here ---Christians were known as the people you couldn't offend?”
― Brant Hansen

“Young people sometimes say to me, "I'll just die if the Lord calls me to be a missionary," or words to that effect.

"Wonderful!" I say. That's the best possible way to start. You won't be of much use on the mission field unless you 'die' first. The conditions for discipleship begin with 'dying', and if you take the first step, very likely you will find that you have indeed been 'called'.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Discipline: The Glad Surrender

“It's such a pretty fantasy that we can let in the world and stay the same.”
― Diana Marcum

“Your injured heart will be protected by your doing what is right until you feel what is right.”
― Beth Moore, When Godly People Do Ungodly Things: Finding Authentic Restoration in the Age of Seduction

“A story is told of Jesus and His disciples walking one day along a stony road. Jesus asked each of them to choose a stone to carry for Him. John, it is said, chose a large one while Peter chose the smallest. Jesus led them then to the top of a mountain and commanded that the stones be made bread. Each disciple, by this time tired and hungry, was allowed to eat the bread he held in his hand, but of course Peter's was not sufficient to satisfy his hunger. John gave him some of his.

Some time later Jesus again asked the disciples to pick up a stone to carry. This time Peter chose the largest of all. Taking them to a river, Jesus told them to cast the stones into the water. They did so, but looked at one another in bewilderment.

"For whom," asked Jesus, "did you carry the stone?”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“I looked at my sister kneeling beside me in the light of burning Holland. "Oh Lord," I whispered, "listen to Betsie, not me, because I cannot pray for those men at all.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

“His forgiveness was unbounded, his generosity was untiring, his patience was inexhaustible, his mercy was immeasurable, his courage was illimitable, his wisdom was unfathomable, his kindness was interminable, his faith removed mountains, his hope had no shadow in it, his love was infinite. And so it is impossible to go beyond him. We can never outgrow him. He will always be ahead of us. We shall always hear him saying, 'Follow me!' He is the ideal of the heart. He is the goal of humanity”
― H.I. Hester, The Heart of the New Testament

“Here's an assignment for you: Write it down. Write down under what circumstances you're willing to quit. And when. And then stick to it.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) - Seth Godin (Summary by ReadSmartly) Synopsis & Abstract

“God's design for taking the gospel to the world is a slow, intentional, simple process that involves every one of his people sacrificing ever facet of their lives to multiply the life of Christ in others.”
― David Platt

“Joy. First, we must choose to have a joyful attitude. Joy is not something we automatically feel. Many times joy is a choice we must make. It is a decision that comes from the will. We can choose the attitude we will have. We can choose whether we will laugh or frown. We can choose whether we will praise or keep silent. We can choose whether we will express joy to others or express sorrow.”
― John MacArthur

“Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me for doubting that You know what is best for my life.”
― Joyce Valdois Smith, Romance Along the Rails

“The cost in time, dollars, friendships, reputation, family, and other areas was great if you measure in the natural realm. But measuring in spiritual and Kingdom terms, the cost was nothing. Only in God’s economy can something cost you everything, yet cost you nothing.”
― Lanell Armstrong, Caught in the Crossfire: A Story of Hope from the Inner City

“If I cannot catch 'the sound of noise of rain' long before the rain falls, and, going to some hilltop of the spirit, as near to my God as I can, have not faith to wait there with my face between my knees, though six times or sixty times I am told 'there is nothing,' till at last 'there arises a little cloud out of the sea,' then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
― Amy Carmichael, If

“When we begin our Christian profession we mount up with wings as eagles. Further on we run without weariness; but in our best days, we walk without fainting.”
― C. H. Spurgeon

“The ultimate issue for the evolutionist is not bones, fossils, and strata--it's GOD. Rejection of God and our accountability to Him is foundational to evolutionist thinking. The rejection of God comes first, and THEN comes the interpretation of the date.”
― Frank Peretti

“It's easier to be impressive to strangers than it is to be consistently kind behind the scenes. It's easier to show up and be a hit for an hour than it is to get down on the floor with your kids when you're so tired your eyes are screaming and bone-dry. It's easier to be charming on a conference call than it is to traverse the distance between you and your spouse, the distance you created”
― Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

“I could be crucified once...but this daily crucifixion!”
― Amy Carmichael

“It is an unfortunate fact that no one has yet invented a Geiger counter which we can place over a man's heart and get a good read out of what he is really like inside. Time and time alone can accomplish that.”
― Gene Edwards, Letters to a Devastated Christian: Healing for the Brokenhearted

“To Our Guest

If you come cheerily,
Here shall be jest for you;
If you come wearily,
Here shall be rest for you.
If you come borrowing,
Gladly we'll loan to you;
If you come sorrowing,
Love shall be shown to you.
Under our thatch, friend,
Place shall abide for you;
Touch but the latch, friend,
The door shall swing wide for you!”
― Nancy Byrd Turner

“They have come to my Gethsemane. So also will each of you--for every man must one day face his own Gethsemane.”
― Gene Edwards, The Day I Was Crucified: As Told by Christ Himself

“Now the days stretch before you with the dryness and sameness of desert dunes. And in this season of grief we who love you have become invisible to you. Our words worry the empty air around you and you can sense no meaning in our speech.

Yet, we are here. We are still here. Our hearts ache to support you.

We are always loving you.

You are not alone.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

“I am a builder
Sometimes I have built well, but often
I have built without researching the ground
upon which I put my building
I raised a beautiful house
and I lived in it for a year
Then it slowly drifted away with the tides
for I had laid the foundation
upon shifting sand”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

“For what can stand against me, since one person, with God, constitutes a majority?”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

“We need to have the courage to say obesity is not funny and vulgarity is not amusing. Insolent children and submissive parents are not the characters we want to admire and emulate. Flippancy and sarcasm are not the qualities which we need to include in our daily conversations.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

“Though unconditional love has a price tag, what a bargain price it is for such a reward.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Love Has A Price Tag

“Life is full of things we can't do anything about, but which we are supposed to do something with. 'He Himself endured a cross and thought nothing of its shame because of the joy.' A very different story from the one which would have been written if Jesus had been prompted by the spirit of our own age: 'Don't just endure the cross--think about it, talk about it, share it, express your gut-level feelings, get in touch with yourself, find out who you are, define the problem, analyze it, get counseling, get the experts' opinions, discuss solutions, work through it.' Jesus endured.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Love Has A Price Tag

“Pray when you feel like praying. Pray when you don't feel like praying. Pray until you feel like praying.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Love Has A Price Tag

“There is no qualitative or quantitative measurement for pain. It is simply there--sharp or dull, shooting or stabbing, bearable or excruciating, local or general, it is unexplained, uninvited, unavoidable. It takes command. It is all-encompassing, implacable, exigent.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Love Has A Price Tag

“Create a story of which you will be proud.”
― Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris