Jill Scott Quotes
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can't understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling.
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I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
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Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
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God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
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The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.
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Your present is shaped by your yesterday, but you don't have to advertise it.
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I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game.
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The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.
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We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory.
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Satan cannot win. Why not? Because he has denied God's sovereignty and disobeyed God's law. But Moses was told explicitly, God's blessings come only from obedience. Satan will not win because he has abandoned God's tool of dominion, biblical law.
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If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world.
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.
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My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God.
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I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.
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But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.
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To be concerned with the issue; soul versus non-soul, is to be in bondage to craving for becoming and non-becoming.
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The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.
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God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always.
