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prayer sacrifice expectations
Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer-if ever I wished a righteous wish-I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on earth. Mr. Rochester: Because you delight in sacrifice. Jane: Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice? Famine for food, expectation for content. To be privileged to put my arms round what I value-to press my lips to what I love-to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice? If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice. Charlotte Bronte
prayer wind liberty
I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.
prayer excuse good-work
God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others. Charles Caleb Colton
prayer hypocrisy time-flies
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies! ... Enlist! Charles Studd
prayer two people
[Prayer] is the link between God's inexhaustible resources and people’s needs...God is the source of power, but we are the instrument He uses to link the two together. Charles Stanley
prayer talking want
Often times God wants us to sit before Him in quietness. He doesn't want us to do all the talking. As Is. 30:15 says "In quiet and confidence will be your strength."
prayer voice avalanches
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
prayer want arms
He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.
prayer essence meditation
The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits.
catering doubt fair meat
We have no doubt a lot of this meat is going through catering establishments and it is only fair it should be identified. William Taylor
catching
We have some catching up to do. But we'll be okay. Kaylyn Bayly
catch front good
We want him to catch everything in front of us. We don't want him to catch any long passes. If we can keep him over the middle, we have good linebackers that can make him pay. Willie Smith
cat cameras needs
This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat. Agnes Varda
cat men vanity
The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat. Agnes Repplier
cat circles secret
The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
cat tea sound
the tea-hour is the hour of peace ... strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle - a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.
cat giving pet
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
cat rushing mad
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.
sight cities serious-things
The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.
sight world language
Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever be snared in language or music. And with the sight... Charles de Lint
sight fey world
The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
sight sea rolling
When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another shore with towers and buildings. Charles Dickens
sight agreement eerie
People just... disappear," he says. "The Earth just opens up and swallows people," I say, some what sadly, checking my Rolex. "Eerie." Kimball yawns, stretching. "Really eerie." "Ominous." I nod my agreement. "It's just"- he sights, exasperated- "futile. Bret Easton Ellis
sight people important
What I want to know is: Why is it important to have visible stomach muscles? I grew up in an era (the Paleolithic) when people kept their stomach muscles discreetly out of sight. Dave Barry
sight walking-away broken
But simply punishing the broken--walking away from them or hiding them from sight--only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity. Bryan Stevenson
sight two naked
Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other's sight, but in their own. Cesare Pavese
sight giving people
If people didn't give a damn, I wouldn't be in the position I'm in. I try not to lose sight of that. Jared Fogle