Boettcher Quotes & Sayings

When you deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Him, you die while you simultaneously truly live. That is when you experience the reality that "whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" (Matthew 16:25). — Tony Evans

The reason most people have kids is because they get pregnant. — Barbara Kingsolver

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you. — Tony Robbins

You are on the threshold of a great journey, and you must begin to think in terms of what you can do as a powerful spiritual and biological being. Stop with the self-loathing. Stop with imagery of 'the damned' this and 'the damned' that! We are not damned. We never were. — Anne Rice

I only date college guys."
"You don't know any college guys," Kami pointed out.
Angela's gaze went to Kami, and she smiled. "Which leaves me with more time for napping. — Sarah Rees Brennan

From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom. — T.F. Hodge

ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday.
DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why?
ISABEL: I was depressed.
DR. RUSH: That's a good reason to come to therapy. — Lisa Lutz

This evil of taking our cue from others has become so deeply ingrained that even that most basic feeling, grief, degenerates into imitation. — Seneca.

Be a voice for the voiceless y'all. This world needs more love and hope! — Taylor York

We're moving in a single file now. Myself and one hundred 'senselessly violent,' bloodthirsty insurgents. I looked around at the camp before we left. There are no signs that almost a hundred people had camped here, except for some ash where the fires had been. I cannot believe this army. As far as consumption goes, it has a lighter carbon footprint than any climate change evangelist. — Arundhati Roy

She gazed and wondered, like a child or peasant, and paid her silent tribute to visible grandeur. — Henry James