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Everything without God is pathetically inferior to God without everything. — Sam Storms

In any age, there is no shortage of people willing to embark on a hazardous adventure. Columbus and Magellan filled eight ships between them for voyages into the void. One hundred and fifty years ago, the possibilities offered by missionary service were limitless and first-rate. Later, Scott and Shackleton turned away droves after filling their crews for their desperate Antarctic voyages. In 1959 ... sailor H.W. Tilman, looking for a crew for a voyage in an old wooden yacht to the Southern Ocean, ran this ad in the London Times: "Hand [man] wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure." Tilman received more replies than he could investigate, one from as far away as Saigon. — Peter Nichols

I view people two ways. They're either eye-for-an-eye people or they are turn-the-cheek people. — Michael Connelly

A thorough inspection of someone you believed to be loveable will send you back into your shell if all you saw in their life was all bullshit. — Michael Bassey Johnson

You're lying to me, aren't you?" "Pretty much, yeah." "Thanks for being honest about your dishonesty. — David Baldacci

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals. — David Hume

Sectarian thinking is contagious and rapidly spread. — Moutasem Algharati

In the custom of mourning, the fabric of the night had been ripped, revealing a star at each tiny tear. — Jodi Picoult

I believe in the impossible because no one else does. — Florence Griffith Joyner

We plant the seeds of resilience in the ways we process negative events. After spending decades studying how people deal with setbacks, psychologist Martin Seligman found that three P's can stunt recovery: (1) personalization - the belief that we are at fault; (2) pervasiveness - the belief that an event will affect all areas of our life; and (3) permanence - the belief that the aftershocks of the event will last forever. The three P's play like the flip side of the pop song "Everything Is Awesome" - "everything is awful." The loop in your head repeats, "It's my fault this is awful. My whole life is awful. And it's always going to be awful." Hundreds — Sheryl Sandberg