#ang

My stress resulted from not knowing God, not trusting him with my whole heart, seeking peace and purpose from the world instead of from him, and from being so afraid of change that I would rather suffer than obey. ↗

— Tracie Miles

#god #peace #stress #trust #change

The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense. ↗

— Scott Ritter

#hospitality #immense #iraqi #iraqi people #life

All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it, an oblique, indirect sample of what it contains, or what passes through it; a point of view. ↗

— Peter Conrad

#angle #city #contains #ever #indirect

He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish. ↗

— Jose Rizal

#does #fish #his #language #love

It was strange at times. We had to make out so much that we kind of got over it. It was really awkward. ↗

— Clea Duvall

#got #had #kind #make #much

Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#behind #chance #change #current #deliver

I think for anything to change, in the real world, people have got to change on the inside and that's what we want to start, to get people to think and do more themselves and get involved in whatever they want to get involved with. ↗

— Graham Russell

#change #get #got #i #i think

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. ↗

— George Santayana

#dangerous #love #philosophy

When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . . ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#life-journey #map #pursuit-of-happiness #change

When a bully is held accountable for his actions, his future actions will change. Bad behavior only continues for those who allow it. ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#bad-behavior #bullying #energy-healing #enlightenment #god