Gravatars Quotes & Sayings

He was wrong; he knew he was when it was too late for him to stop just as a drunkard reaches a point where it is too late for him to stop, where he promises himself that he will and maybe believes he will or can but it is too late. — William Faulkner

Knowledge does away with darkness, [anxiety], and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

If you cannot embrace the pain of learning but must have instant gratification, you forfeit the greatest rewards of life. — John Piper

I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor. — Trey Gowdy

Fear is nothing more than a big plate of greasy lies we willingly feed ourselves. — Erika Lyremark

The question was, which would the chemo kill first: the cancer or me? — Lance Armstrong

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something. — Tim Reid

I believe that writing for me is in a way like wisdom; in that as soon as you feel like you've got it figured out you stop growing and maybe even lose something. — Brandi Carlile

Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake - This is the selfdenial. and cross-bearing spoken of in the preceding verse. Losing the soul is the same as denying the self. The Lord concedes that if for His sake anyone is willing to forsake all the pleasures of the soul and to suffer according to the will of God, he will find the soul. It simply means that whoever is willing for the sake of the Lord to deny his own thoughts and desires so as not to be satisfied with the things of the world but instead to undergo much suffering, he will at another time be given by the Lord his heart desire with full blessing and joy. — Watchman Nee

Spiritual formation is not about steps or stages on the way to perfection. It's about the movements from the mind to the heart through prayer in its many forms that reunite us with God, each other, and our truest selves. — Henri J.M. Nouwen