Avelyn Name Quotes & Sayings

Even the most open person has a private, sacred place where no one else may go. — Rick Yancey

There have been many times when I've tried to lead the Holy Spirit. I've wanted to direct Him and tell Him what to do and when to do it. The irony is that the Holy Spirit was given to direct us. Desiring the Holy Spirit means we allow the Holy Spirit to guide us. By definition, it's ridiculous to desire the Holy Spirit for our own purposes. The Spirit is not a passive power that we can wield as we choose. The Spirit is God, a Being who requires that we submit ourselves to be led by Him. Do you really want to be led? Even people who are natural leaders don't get to lead the Spirit. Everyone is called to be led by Him. — Francis Chan

Oh, pity the poor glutton Whose troubles all begin In struggling on and on to turn What's out into what's in. — Walter De La Mare

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do. — T.D. Jakes

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

The feminists have a legitimate grievance. But so does everyone else. — Edward Abbey

One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away. — Niccolo Machiavelli

In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way. — Billie Joe Armstrong

The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. — Anne O'Hare McCormick

letting go is even more important than adding. — Marie Kondo