Esmena Ecuador Quotes & Sayings

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do. — Katherine Paterson

As a good girl, my worship was small and my service was toxic because I didn't understand the completeness of my rescue. I knew I was going to heaven when I died, but I thought my life on earth was all up to me. Jesus saved me, and now he was standing back with his arms crossed, waiting to see how I would live my life. Service seemed a burden. Worship felt contrived. I had received Christ by faith for my salvation, but I was working hard for the rest. Until he said *enough*. When I began to understand that my true identity was not in how I looked, how I felt, or the lies I believed, my masks began to lose their staying power. It wasn't because I was trying hard to remove them. It was because I was seeing Jesus for who he really is, and in turn I was letting him see me. — Emily P. Freeman

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things. — Baruch Spinoza

Are you a drinker?' the doctor asked. I heard the clunk clunk clunk clunk clunk of empty wine bottles hitting the bottom of my recycling bin.
'Um, I suppose I would say that. — Lauren Sams

Remarrying a husband you've divorced is like having your appendix put back in. — Phyllis Diller

Surprise is sometimes the best advantage a warrior can have. — Terry Goodkind

Onto his stomach. Then knees. Then hands. His elbows quivered, his wrists threatened to buckle under his own weight. Self-centered, stubborn, sentimental, childish, vain. I am humanity. Cynical, naive, kind, cruel, soft as down, hard as tungsten steel.
I am humanity
He crawled.
I am humanity.
He fell.
I am humanity.
He got up. — Rick Yancey

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder. — Natalie Gulbis

You can disguise any set with lights and shadows. — Allan Dwan

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

good design...is intelligence made visible"; — Zena O'Connor

If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost. — Winston Churchill

I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking of a note, an existing piece immediately comes to mind. Just starting out, one of your biggest strengths is not knowing how things are supposed to be. — Natalie Portman

Lewis at his best is about trying on ways of looking at the world. — Alister E. McGrath

Every question I'd ever had God answered and still continues to answer every one I have today. It's really amazing what God can do. — Christian Hosoi