"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares."
- Henri Nouwen
Quotes
Our collection of inspiring quotes.
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Two things to remember in life:
- Take care of your thoughts when you are alone.
- Take care of your words when you are with people.
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"When I regarded God as a tyrant, I thought sin a trifle; but when I knew him to be my father, then I mourned that I could ever have kicked against him. When I thought that God was hard, I found it easy to sin; but when I found God so kind, so good, so overflowing with compassion, I smote upon my breast to think that I could ever have rebelled against one who loved me so, and sought my good."
- C. H. Spurgeon
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"Nobody wants a God who declines to deal with evil. They just want a God who declines to deal with their evil"
- Greg Gilbert
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"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well."
– Josh Billings
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Jesus did not say “Come to my seminar.” Or “Come to my conference.” Jesus said “Come to my table;” “Come and dine;” “Come and see” and "Come to me."
- Leonard Sweet
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"We must beware in our attitude toward people who are suffering that we do not blunder by imagining our point of view to be the only one."
- Oswald Chambers, in Baffled to Fight Better from Quotable Oswald Chambers