Abraham Lincoln Quotes
I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it – in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them.
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If you can write it, I can be it.
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A lot of times we see choices in front of us, and we limit ourselves by what we see. God wants us to see His way of doing things. And His way is always greater than our ways.
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If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
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Many Christians do not believe God sends tornadoes. But they do believe that God walks with His children through the storms, that He sends His people to help after the storms, and that with and through God, there is always hope.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.
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If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
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I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan.
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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.
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I didn't even know how much of a feminist I was, and I realized, 'Oh my God, I was raised by a single mom who had to raise six kids. I have three sisters. Larry, you've been a feminist your whole life, and you really didn't know it until you've been presented with these issues.'
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If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.
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I think that if your approach is one where you don't want to alienate anybody, you're going to have to soften the viewpoint or the information that you're offering to such an extent that it doesn't have the power to make any difference. You have to take that risk.
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You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
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I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so.
