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vex may biographies
Biography, too, is liable to the same objection; it should be autobiography. Let us not, as the Germans advise, endeavor to go abroad and vex our bowels that we may be somebody else to explain him. If I am not I, who will be? Henry David Thoreau
vex inability ability
It is always our inabilities that vex us. Joseph Joubert
vexation may stills
Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still. Michel de Montaigne
vex matter
It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters. Leonardo da Vinci
vex shame endure
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us. Plautus
vex spirit heed
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations Marcus Aurelius
spiritual attitude taken
The receptive attitude enables one mind to fix itself to another as by spiritual grappling-irons. When you see that every word you utter us taken in, and weighed, and measured by your listener, you cannot free yourself from the influence of his presence. You are compelled to have in your thoughts not only the words you utter, but the man to whom they are spoken. You must not only talk, and talk well, but you must talk to him. Charles Dickens
spiritual men animal
Religion, like its votaries, while it exists on earth, must have a body as well as a soul. A religion purely spiritual might suit a being as pure, but men are compound animals; and the body too often lords it over the mind. Charles Caleb Colton
spirit purity spirit-of-god
Purity lives and derives its life solely from the Spirit of God.
spirit existence sweetness
A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence.
spiritual victory knees
Whatever brings you to your knees in weakness carries the greatest potential for your personal success and spiritual victory. Charles Stanley
spiritual children use
As God's children, we are not to be observers; we're to participate actively in the Lord's work. Spectators sit and watch, but we are called to use our spiritual gifts and serve continually.
spiritual adversity growth
Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth. Once we begin to understand this, and accept it as a spiritual fact of life, adversity becomes easier to bear.
spiritual growth events
The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth
spiritual pain believe
Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.
heed lest
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. Bible Bible
heed
We told each other to take heed to all of it. And then we said to put it all out on the floor. Brandon Heath
heed pull retailers ship strongly urge
I strongly urge all retailers to heed the warnings issued about these products, pull them from distribution immediately, and ship them back to Sony. Eliot Spitzer
heed latest lest mount mute perish powers revelation sermon themselves
The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish together on a wasteland of what that creation once was. Hans Jonas
heed joy people
Unfortunately, people don't heed the warnings and just go out for a joy ride.
heed india president reagan trust
The least an over-romantic India can do ... is heed to the (former U.S. President Ronald) Reagan dictum: trust but verify.
heed
Take heed lest you stumble. Horace