Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
Elisabeth Elliot
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Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in.
Dan Aykroyd
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The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.
Carl Sagan
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
Ramakrishna
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She had never acquired in-between shades of character, had not had the opportunity. She had been utterly selfish, and was now selfless, because she had never become a whole person, did not like herself, or know herself. Nor had she ever gained sufficient wisdom to be properly horrified at what she meant to do. She couldn’t think that intensely.
Tanith Lee
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The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on. It is still not hard to find a man who will adventure for the sake of a dream or one who will search, for the pleasure of searching, not for what he may find.
Edmund Hillary
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I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.
Irving Kristol
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I think I've been very, very lucky in my life, and I do believe in public service.
Beeban Kidron
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It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.
Dalai Lama
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To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
Florence Nightingale
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Go to a graduation party, put out a fish bowl, and you have a gold record.
Isaac Slade
The Fray
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My years on 'Family Matters' were precious to me. During the run of the show, I saw many births, deaths, weddings... The actual family on the show became my family.
Reginald VelJohnson
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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
Elisabeth Elliot