#increase

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11). ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#bonus #christianity #corinthians #excess #giving

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#behavior #character #devotion #god #godly

It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise. ↗

— William Banting

#appetite #compelled #consequently #exercise #forsake

The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#appointment #banker #benefit #brings #central

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#accept #black #black music #enjoyment #i

For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#also #around #become #behind #countries

Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has been phenomenal. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#been #during #farmers #increase #increasing

To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#core #increase #inner #international #peace

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#ballet #bulk #case #example #for example

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment. ↗

— Frances Burney

#contentment #curb #diminish #enjoyment #expectation