All Quotes By Tag: Encouraging
“Today if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your faith up, look up, and get ready to rise up.”
“To greet the present is to part with the past and future.”
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“Control is an illusion that you must give up.”
“Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change.”
“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.”
“To act upon the outer world and change it, you must be first be fine to act upon yourself.”
“Find your bones. Believe in what you are.”
“Taking care of yourself will take care of more than yourself.”
“Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.”
“Surrendering is not giving up–it is gaining strength.”
“If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.”
“Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn.”
“To combat the sin of self-sufficiency, we need a special kind of faith. It’s what I call Starbucks Rest Room Faith. Almost every Starbucks store has a sensor that controls the light in the rest room. You can’t just flip a switch, and you can’t make it go on by just waving your arm inside the door. You have to put your whole body into that dark room and trust that the light will come on as you enter. Faith in God is a lot like that. He doesn’t offer a safety net, He doesn’t let us hedge our bets, and He doesn’t give any guaranteed results ahead of time. We have to be all in before the light comes on.”
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“Where God guides, He provides. No matter how things look, God is still in control. Stay in peace and be hopeful. Your blessing is coming soon.”
“…hope is never wasted. Even if what I hoped for did not come to fruition as I had imagined, as I had hoped. Hope is placing the beautifully vulnerable parts of ourselves, our raw selves, into His hands. I believe hope moves His heart; but hope also moves our hearts into His hands. Hope builds trust.”
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