Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
I'm convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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Every time I sit down with a powerful working mom, I wrestle with whether to ask the 'mom question.' I don't want to be part of perpetuating a double standard by asking women in business a question that men are not asked.
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It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.
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To say that historical conditions made personal life possible, and with it the self-consciousness that allowed psychoanalysis to emerge, is to tell half the story: one also has to consider that the erotic impulse, ever pressing for satisfaction, had something to do with making the history that encouraged its expression.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
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I'm convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.
