Miyao Hands Quotes & Sayings

You see how every thing is denied to free will, for the very purpose of leaving no room for merit. And yet, as the beneficence and liberality of God are manifold and inexhaustible, the grace which he bestows upon us, inasmuch as he makes it our own, he recompenses as if the virtuous acts were our own. — John Calvin

Lose the day loitering, 'twill be the same story
To-morrow, and the next more dilatory,
For indecision brings its own delays,
And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute!
What you can do, or think you can, begin it!
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated;
Begin it, and the work will be completed. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Justified" is even better than "just as if I'd never sinned." It is also "just as if I'd always obeyed. — Jerry Bridges

Never know how much of a hurry you might be in later. — Peter Heller

Poetry
even bad poetry
may be our final hope. — Edward Abbey

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all. — Robert Harris

he gave it a gentle touch with his hand. — Anonymous

A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. — Gautama Buddha

Reading is seeing by proxy. — Herbert Spencer