Why be honest when no one else is?” This seems to be the motto of all sinking ships.
Liberty, once tasted, is an incurable addiction.
Gratitude is indeed medicine. It is the antidote for greed and misery.
If you think you can, that is great. But until you try, you will never know for certain.
We love the pending future for its mystery, anticipation, and endless possibilities. But remember: how the future unravels is largely an up-to-you thing.
There is never a bad time, a bad place, or a bad reason to pray.
The Holy Ghost is peace. Christ is joy. God is love.
Criticism – any judgmental, censuring, faultfinding comment – is poison to the soul. It will never heal; it only destroys. Do not administer any dose of criticism to living people.
If you have never suffered through it, then you don’t understand it. There are no exceptions.
A great amount of compassion is communicated in the simple act of taking someone’s hand and holding on tightly. It creates a spiritual vein through which strength, comfort, and hope are transfused to revitalize the soul.
I thank God above that I have someone in my life with whom I can share the whole story of why I am the way I am.
Kindness should be at the core of one’s character. Be kind purely because it is who you are.
A lot more hurt eats at your heart when it’s personal.
Cheating, disloyalty, unfaithfulness – they start out as little things justified by clever reasonings of the brain, but never do they fully convince the knowing heart.
How grateful is the troubled heart touched by mercy!
The biggest lie we fall for is that it doesn’t matter. Your opinion doesn’t matter. Your choices don’t matter. Your influence doesn’t matter. Your existence doesn’t matter. You don’t matter. It is the worst, most destructive lie we ever believe, and in consequence it wreaks extensive damage to more lives than your own. Don’t fall for that evil lie. Don’t forget that everything about you absolutely does matter.
Disappointments tend to polish our gratitude. Once we pass through a dark tunnel of disappointment, we more fully appreciate every flicker of light.
Trying to go faster than the Lord’s timing is like trying to cross a bridge before the entire structure is built. Trust God. Trust his timetable. He will help you traverse stormy waters safely.
Within a matter of days, you went from being a stranger to being the first person I call when something happens in my life. I thought only Superman moved that fast.
What baffles me – what will always baffle me – is how easy, how simple, how effortless it was to slip by such lukewarm degrees into the disgraceful state in which I now find myself.