William Wilberforce Quotes
Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Christians. They give no more than they dare not with-hold; they abstain from nothing but what they must not practise.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.
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In schools giving students a full education, not to create great artists but about the right to have full expression and imagination and creativity, along with an acknowledgement that everybody learns differently. You try and you fail and you try again. All those skills are useful in the workplace, too.
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We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.
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The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
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My favorite shoe brand is Christian Louboutin - I don't have a favorite shoe store per se.
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As a Christian, I view relationships and marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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Happiness is the bomb cosmetic! When I'm smiling, sometimes I'm giving thanks for all the things I have rather than worrying about the things I don't.
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The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.
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I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb.
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You know what? As it relates to my brother, there is one thing I know for sure: he kept us safe.
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I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.
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I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s.
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Delude not yourself with the notion that you may be untrue and uncertain in trifles and in important things the contrary. Trifles make up existence, and give the observer the measure by which to try us; and the fearful power of habit, after a time, suffers not the best will to ripen into action.
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Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Christians. They give no more than they dare not with-hold; they abstain from nothing but what they must not practise.
