#ect

I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#birth #identity #inspiration #inspirational #life

Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity. But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#jesus #psychology #religious #resurrection #inspirational

Our relation, all round, exists--it's a reality, and a very good one; we're mixed up, so to speak, and it's too late to change it. We must live IN it and with it ↗

— Henry James

#perspective #reality #change

Our Imperfections Are What Make Us Perfect. ↗

— Lace Vintage

#inspirational #perfect #postive-self-image #self-love #inspirational

Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are able to disassociate their own cruelty and shortcomings from their religious obligations and convictions, but many are able to do that. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#inspirational #love-and-glory #respecting-others #inspirational

Migogoro inatokea kwa sababu watu wameshindwa kuheshimiana. Ukijiheshimu na ukaheshimu wengine; utaacha dunia katika hali nzuri kuliko ulivyoikuta, wakati ukiingia. ↗

— Enock Maregesi

#respect #inspirational

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914) ↗

— John Muir

#environment #inspirational #interdependency #life #marvel

The less you look to others, the more you find in yourself. What have you found in yourself. ↗

— Ron W. Rathbun

#honesty #inspirational #life #the-mind-and-self-relfection #inspirational

The problem is, we have too many cowardly, spineless, selfish people that would sacrifice their children’s future just to avoid the sacrifice love requires of them in the present. And they expect their children to respect them for that? Do they think we’re idiots just because we’re young? ↗

— Darryl Steven Markowitz

#introspective #political #inspirational

I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#god #gratitude #inspirational #life #motivational