Lafevers Curbing Quotes & Sayings

Renewing the mind is a little like refinishing furniture. It is a two-stage process. It involves taking off the old and replacing it with the new. The old is the lies you have learned to tell or were taught by those around you; it is the attitudes and ideas that have become a part of your thinking but do not reflect reality. The new is the truth. To renew your mind is to involve yourself in the process of allowing God to bring to the surface the lies you have mistakenly accepted and replace them with truth. To the degree that you do this, your behavior will be transformed. — Charles Stanley

Quigley and Matthews took their investigation in Lake County beyond law enforcement personnel and established witnesses to civic officials, politicians, prominent businessmen, and grove owners in this largely rural area of central Florida with a population of thirty-six thousand. What they discovered was a county controlled not by politics, money, the citrus industry, or the law, but by an embittered contingent of the Ku Klux Klan intent upon codifying a racial caste system, through violent means if necessary, that would effectively deny blacks access to political influence, economic opportunity, and social justice. — Gilbert King

Seek the silence frequently. Power comes from repose. — Charles F. Haanel

I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul. — Jane Yolen

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed. — Sylvia Plath

When you're young, you think you have all the answers. You're right wing or you're left wing and the other side is a bunch of idiots. You know. When you get a little older, though, you start to more and more see the grays. Now I understand that true idiots are the ones who are certain they have the answers. It is never that simple. Do you know what I mean? — Harlan Coben

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred. — Thomas Jefferson

Your brain is run by information generated by nations, religions, ethnic groups, and other groups whose goals are perhaps not the same as yours. How long are you going to let this go on? You haven't signed a legally binding lease with any of these people or groups. You can recover your brain as soon as you decide to. Our brains are to be used by us, and only us, to facilitate the growth of our souls. — Ilchi Lee

Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies. — Jay Samit

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones? — Elizabeth Scott

If people believe the world is here to satisfy them, whenever they begin to encounter their limitations, they become unhappy. — Eckhart Tolle

She suspects you're a much better writer than a person. — Anonymous

I've known you for years. Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now than then. Rather than your face as a young woman, I prefer your face as it is now. Ravaged. — Marguerite Duras

Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases? — Joan Leslie

Oh, my, you are one of the Chosen People," mocked Black-eyes.

"Of course I am," retorted Emily. — L.M. Montgomery