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gratitude circles fire
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude men serenity
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude dross made
It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude revenge punctual
Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude revenge games
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude powerful yield
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude revenge adversity
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude grateful language
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude appreciation attitude
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. Charles Caleb Colton
joy missionary given
My only joys therefore are that when God has given me a work to do, I have not refused it. Charles Studd
joy world rewards
Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward & portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy Charles Spurgeon
joy today christ
Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy down here today. Charles Spurgeon
joy world ends
Our joy ends where love of the world begins. Charles Spurgeon
joy suffering sorrow
Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy. Charles Spurgeon
joy sorrow sin
That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable. Charles Spurgeon
joy grandfather kind
My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life. So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted. Al Pacino
joy gone delight
We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone (We) have imitated the world, sought popular favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost. Aiden Wilson Tozer
joy challenges pure
Challenge your limitations for the pure joy of challenge. Chin-Ning Chu
soul secret mind
To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind; but it requires a soul of no common stamp to be satisfied with its own acquittal, and to despise the condemnation of the world. Charles Caleb Colton
soul immortal software
[Core concepts: Human beings all have souls. Souls are software objects. Software is not immortal.] Charles Stross
soul jerusalem praying
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and thine own soul shall be refreshed. Charles Spurgeon
soul glory salvation
The glory of the salvation of souls belongs to God, and to Him alone. Charles Spurgeon
soul fruit praise
We must teach plainly that the faith which saves the soul is not a dead faith, but a faith which operates with purifying effect upon our entire nature, and produces in us fruits of righteousness to the praise and glory of God. Charles Spurgeon
soul links riches
The first link between my soul and Christ is not my goodness but my badness, not my merit but my misery, not my riches but my need. Charles Spurgeon
soul hell christ
Come as you are. If you are the blackest soul out of hell, trust Christ, and that act of trust shall make you clean. Charles Spurgeon
soul depth sin
You cannot preach conviction of sin unless you have suffered it. You cannot preach repentance unless you have practiced it. You cannot preach faith unless you have exercised it. True preaching is artesian; it wells up from the great depths of the soul. If Christ has not made a well within us, there will be no outflow from us. Charles Spurgeon
soul sorrow three
The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort. Strange is it that where misery was concentrated mercy reigned; where sorrow reached her climax weary souls find rest. Charles Spurgeon