William Law Quotes
Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God's goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new-created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing, let your joyful heart praise and magnify so good and glorious a Creator.
Quotes to Explore
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I was a confused young girl with so much tragedy. Sometimes when you're going through stuff, the last person you're thinking exists is God. I mean, it was my confusion, the anger that was in my heart, all that drama. But thank God I know God now, okay?
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.
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I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.
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We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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I'm not really the type of person who wears my heart on my sleeve. I keep everything inside.
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While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.
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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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I said on numerous occasions how I feel about my father. I love him with all my heart.
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Keep each person separate in your heart. Don't have two sex patterns going at the same time. And don't ever join a conversation about something you know nothing about.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I have the best job in the world. I'm able to express myself, and people attach themselves to it if they identify with it. Music certainly is a driving force in my life. There's not a moment where I'm not in it.
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There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.
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A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
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Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God's goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new-created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing, let your joyful heart praise and magnify so good and glorious a Creator.
