#differ

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better. ↗

— Robert F. Kennedy

#purpose-of-life #life

If we wish to truly experience a life that makes an eternal difference, the power within us is not enough. It is the power God offers that matters. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#god-s-will #making-a-difference #experience

Marriage is what you make of it, and God has many versions of what that looks like based on what different souls need, in order to grow. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#different #divorce #everyone-is-different #experiences #love

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable. ↗

— André Gide

#inspirational #specialization #faith

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#difference #faith #help #faith

This is a church of tenderness and arrogance, of sparkling differences and human failings. There is no unmixing the two. ↗

— Joanna Brooks

#lds #faith

Don't die a pauper, don't die a commoner and a weakling. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#be-different #book #books-reading #books-reading-bibliophily #bookstore

How can families harm us when they love us? Very easily, unfortunately. Most of us overlook one important fact when we think love is enough: Love and respect aren't the same thing. Love is fusion. As a baby, you belong to your parents, you're extension of them. Respect is differentiation: you belong to yourself, and you're an extension of no one. Differentiation is essential for happiness of adults. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#individuation #parenting #family

For an instant he was able to cross the line and understand this strange loyalty of Jew to Jew. Those Jews who lived free in England were only there due to some quirk of fate instead of Aushwitz and every Jew knew that genocide could have happened to his own family except for that quirk of fate. Yet, as time stood suspended, Gilray was all gentiles who never quite understood Jews. He could befriend them, work with them, but never totally understand them. He was all white men who could never quite understand black men and all black men who could never quite understand whites. He was all normal men who could tolerate or even defend homosexuals...but never fully understand them. There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different. ↗

— Leon Uris

#inspirational #religion #understand #family

My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was to keep the family going - to keep me going. I realized that, although we had different values derived from different cultures and wouldn't agree on certain issues, they were good people, incredible people, and I loved and respected them. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#ethic #family #parents #work #family