#def

People can have their opinions about everything in the world, but people's opinions end where the tip of my nose begins. Your opinions of others can only go so far as to where their own shoreline is. The world is for your taking, but other people are not. One is only allowed to have an opinion of me, if that person is done educating him/herself on everything about me. Before people educate themselves on everything about you, they're not allowed to open their venomous mouthes and have an opinion about you. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#life #life-and-living #living #living-life #opinions

Even their insistence on educating their children, the last reflex of any exploited group before it sank into submission, marked the end of their resistance. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#culture #defeat #domination #education #exploitation

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#greatnesstness #heroic #triumph #victory #equality

Many Christians... find themselves defeated by the most psychological weapon that Satan uses against them. This weapon has the effectiveness of a deadly missile. Its name? Low self-esteem. Satan's greatest psychological weapon is a gut level feeling of inferiority, inadequacy, and low self-worth This feeling shackles many Christians, in spite of wonderful spiritual experiences and knowledge of God's Word. Although they understand their position as sons and daughters of God, they are tied up in knots, bound by a terrible feeling inferiority, and chained to a deep sense of worthlessness. ↗

— David A. Seamands

#defeat #failure #feelings #healing #psychology

A teachable spirit and a humbleness to admit your ignorance or your mistake will save you a lot of pain. However, if you're a person who knows it all, then you've got a lot of heavy-hearted experiences coming your way. ↗

— Ron Carpenter Jr.

#inspirational-life #learning-from-mistakes #quotes-that-make-sense #quotes-to-define-my-life #quotes-to-live-by

My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#manifestation

I will never let someone else’s opinion define my reality. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #life #opinion #reality #success

Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#inspirational #faith

Neglected but Undefeated I stand today living the life I was told I would never live all because my faith grew. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#bestseller #book #christ #faith #inspirational-life

It is only when we see the worst that Man can offer, that we begin to see the best that Man still holds. If they are blinded by greed, then it’s time to pick up our virtual stones so we can start knocking sense into ‘em... ↗

— Faith Brashear

#criminal-justice #defrauded-nations #good-and-evil #justice #liberty