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Persecution is one of the natural consequences of living the Christian life. It is to the Christian what "growing pains" are to the growing child. No pain, no development. No suffering, no glory. No struggle, no victory. No persecution, no reward! — Billy Graham

The secret to happiness is counting your blessings while others are adding up their troubles. — T. Greenwood

To me, what's sexy is when you look like you're having a good time. That, and when you look effortless and have messy hair, — Kate Upton

Our Butkara ruins were a magical place to play hide-and-seek. Once some foreign archaeologists arrived to do some work there and told us that in times gone by it was a place of pilgrimage, full of beautiful temples domed with gold where Buddhist kings lay buried. My father wrote a poem, "The Relics of Butkara," which summed up perfectly how temple and mosque could exist side by side: "When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, / The Buddha smiles, / And the broken chain of history reconnects. — Malala Yousafzai

Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.' — Adrienne Bailon

Palpatine sought power over others. Yoda sought power from within. Palpatine wanted control of everything, in the hopes of building what he thought would be a perfect universe. Yoda gave up the idea of controlling or perfecting the universe, in the hopes of understanding it. — Michael P. Kube-McDowell

We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others. — Moliere

When each expects the other to live in his or her world, to always be there to join in his or her chosen activities, an ego battle inevitably develops. — James Redfield

We were like bishops of opposite color. — Boris Spassky

To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. — Evita Peron