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		You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mary J. Blige 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was a confused young girl with so much tragedy. Sometimes when you're going through stuff, the last person you're thinking exists is God. I mean, it was my confusion, the anger that was in my heart, all that drama. But thank God I know God now, okay? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tasha Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Immanuel Kant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Dyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Ingalls Wilder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe in God. God created the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Fillion 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Osteen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Several years ago, when I was about to start a novel, I thought I might get some mileage out of the idea of a civilization in which people somehow felt - that is, they shared - all the pain and all the pleasure they caused one another. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia E. Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irrfan Khan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Lang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daisy Donovan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Department of Defense news briefing (12 February 2002) 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Donald Rumsfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The man or woman at home who prays often has as much to do with the effectiveness of the missionary on the field, and consequently with the results of his or her labors, as the missionary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. A. Torrey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To stick to the present and not let it pass without drawing some profit from it, that's what I think duty is. ...let us perservere as far as we can rather today than tomorrow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Van Gogh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you got a dope girl, there's going to be people that want her. But I don't know, I've always kept my 'A-game' on point. I just make a point to make sure the woman that I'm with is taken care of. You got to keep it new, so I go out of my way to make them feel special. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lance Gross 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All men are stuck in a kind of fog. They're surrounded by a wall of fog. They think this is perfectly normal, but it's not. It means that since they can't see much beyond their own little situation, they tend to vegetate. They need some immediate stimulus to keep them alert. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Colin Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mary J. Blige