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lapses answers tongue
It is one of my faults, that though my tongue is sometimes prompt enough at an answer, there are times when it sadly fails me in framing an excuse; and always the lapse occurs at some crisis, when a facile word or plausible pretext is specially wanted to get me out of painful embarrassment. Charlotte Bronte
lapses spirit miserable
If you're actually being paid to be miserable, and to be as miserable as you can be, that's a very fortunate thing, if you're prone to occasional lapses of spirit. Tom Hollander
lapses olympics london
I have prepared myself to be at my peak in London. But in the Olympics, there are so many factors. You need to stay alert all the time, and a lapse of concentration, even for a second, will let you down. Vijender Singh
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.
miserable discontent
What is more miserable than discontent? William Shakespeare
miserable
We're going to McDonald's. We had a miserable day. Russ Moore
miserable poet
I knew that poets seemed to be miserable. Billy Collins
miserable made situation
There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman. Brendan Behan
miserable homeless wit
I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. Ben Okri
miserable obsessed hard
A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed. Edward Abbey
miserable people start
Many people are out without shelter. It was miserable to start with but with this things are only going to get worse. Robert Holden
miserable tone
We set a miserable tone from the start.
miserable
But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it? Jane Austen