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Roman Catholics utter their Papal edicts, Protestants quote their Bible, Fundamentalists declare their orthodox theological dogmas, and we are all expected to renounce private reflection and peacefully acquiesce to these pronouncements. And the result is that the dignity of the person is violated by such oppressive, intelligence-smothering forms of communication.
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Turn your scars into stars by realising how lucky you are that things aren't worse.
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Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible.
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My fear is if there is a trial we're going to see the partisanship getting involved again -- attack, counter-attack, a challenge, a counter-challenge and it's disastrous to this country.
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Giving never moves in a straight line - it always moves in circles.
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Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.
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High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true.
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Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, I'm sorry.
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God flourished my ministry and my career of creative thinking, communicating and writing back 50 years.
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The Crystal Cathedral is not an attempt to be an architectural ego-statement. It's probably the ultimate spiritual and psychological statement that could be made in architectural terms.
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If there is no avoiding a trial in the Senate, by stepping aside (Clinton could) spare our nation weeks, perhaps months, of divisive debate and repulsive testimony.
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Todays impossibilities are tomorrows miracles.
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It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
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What do I mean by sin? Answer: Any human condition or act that robs God of glory by stripping one of His children of their right to divine dignity. ... I can offer still another answer: 'Sin is any act or thought that robs myself or another human being of his or her self-esteem'.
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I believe that Christians believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works. And we believe that if you're saved, Jesus becomes your savior. He makes a promise to you. You can trust his promises. You can bank on that word.
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The classical error of historical Christianity is that we have never started with the value of the person. Rather, we have started from the 'unworthiness of the sinner,' and that starting point has set the stage for the glorification of human shame in Christian theology.
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Faith is reacting positively to a negative situation.
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The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.
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You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
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A lack of resources may slow you down, but don't let it make you throw away a big idea. Give God five years, ten years, fifteen years, twenty years, twenty-five years, thirty years, forty years, or more. Give God all the time He needs to bring the resources to you!
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Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.
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What appears to be the end of the road may simply be a bend in the road.
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Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
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Success may or may not mean that you've acquired a lot. It does mean that you have become a generous person.