Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.

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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.
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If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.
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Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century.
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I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator.
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Vanity is as old as the mammoth.
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... frugality makes a poor man rich.
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Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.
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Even the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.
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I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.
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There's no way that a GST will ever be part of our policy... never ever, it's dead it was killed by the voters in the last election.
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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.