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Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#faith

Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable. ↗

— Neal A. Maxwell

#religious #faith

Strong relationships come from well-bonded friendships. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#life #love #relationships #friendship

It takes a certain ingenuous faith - but I have it - to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth. ↗

— A.C. Grayling

#reflection #truth #faith

True love is taking the risk that it won't be a happily-ever-after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, "I'm not afraid to believe in you. ↗

— Cara Lockwood

#risk #true-love #faith

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#hope #life #thankfulness #virtue #faith

I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it. You know who else was kind of "divisive" in terms of challenging the status quo and the powers-that-be of his day? Jesus Christ. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#humor #politics #faith

Have you ever wondered why you did not rapture and go to heaven the day you became a Christian? It is because God has work for you to do here on earth! Having gone to heaven, Jesus expects you to be his body on earth. You are his hands, his feet, his voice. ↗

— Pedro Okoro

#spiritual-warfare #life

My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And I intend to choose one. But first, Father Zeus, I must speak to you privately." Zeus beckoned Artemis forward. He leaned down and listened as she spoke in his ear. A feeling of panic seized me. "Annabeth," I said under my breath. "Don't." She frowned at me. "What?" Look, I need to tell you something," I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. "I couldn't stand it if… I don't want you to—" Percy?" she said. "You look like you're going to be sick." And that's how I felt. I wanted to say more, but my tongue betrayed me. It wouldn't move because of the fear in my stomach ↗

— Rick Riordan

#artemis #percy-jackson #zeus #zoe-nightshade #faith

In the darkness, he is invisible, but I can still feel him beside me. Sometimes you don't have to see something to know it is there. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#love #faith