Thomas Kinkade Quotes
The act of contributing to the lives of others is its own reward. A servant's heart is a greater motivator than financial gain.
Thomas Kinkade
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We all know that a call-up to the Springboks (South Africa national team) is a major achievement and the rewards, especially financial, are huge.
Ashley Johnson
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A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she’s truly beautiful.
Doris Day
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Amelie said, “I won’t be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals.” She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. “Now defend what is ours, my partner.” He grinned … grinned! … and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked.
Rachel Caine
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Only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ.
D. Todd Christofferson
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When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into my ear, encouraging me to go one more hour, one more day, one more week, reminding me of the rewards I would have if I carried on a little longer. In this way, she taught me how to endure — not just the physical trials of footbinding and childbearing but the more torturous pain of the heart, mind, and soul.
Lisa See
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The meaning of the living words that come out of the experiences of great hearts can never be exhausted by any one system of logical interpretation. They have to be endlessly explained by the commentaries of individual lives, and they gain an added mystery in each new revelation.
Rabindranath Tagore
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As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.
Joseph Nye
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Stories are a kind of thing, too. Stories and objects share something, a patina. I thought I had this clear, two years ago before I started, but I am no longer sure how this works. Perhaps a patina is a process of rubbing back so that the essential is revealed, the way that a striated stone tumbled in a river feels irreducible, the way that this netsuke of a fox has become little more than a memory of a nose and a tail. But it also seems additive, in the way that a piece of oak furniture gains over years and years of polishing, and the way the leaves of my medlar shine.
Edmund de Waal
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I am proud to represent the first explicitly feminist government in the world, and one that has been at the forefront of advocating for greater attention to women, peace, and security.
Isabella Lovin
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I remember, when I saw the first 'Austin Powers' movie, I was blown away by how fun and original it was.
Mike Scully
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Men are foolish to expect us to revere them, when, in the end, they amount to almost nothing.
Anne Desclos
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The act of contributing to the lives of others is its own reward. A servant's heart is a greater motivator than financial gain.
Thomas Kinkade
