#inner

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give. ↗

— Howard Cosell

#competition #derived #done #give #gotten

The "whole good" cannot be had, it would seem, without mustering all the strength of our inner life. Even in the sphere of external possessions there are goods which inherently demand, if they are to be truly ours, far more of us than mere acquisition. "'My garden,' the rich man said; his gardener smiled. ↗

— Josef Pieper

#inner-life #life

Winners in life visualize their success and look forward to reaping and enjoying the rewards of their accomplishments. They revel in their hard-earned victory, and that reinforces their superior level of self-confidence. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#victory #visualize #winners #life

At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's love upon people like us. ↗

— Alistair Begg

#dust #god #monster #sinners #theology

I've often thought that one of us is what we imagine, that each of us normalizes the terrible strangeness of inner life with a variety of convenient fictions. ↗

— Siri Hustvedt

#imagination

However, we all sin by omission. Therefore, we are all sinners in constant need of a 'Savior'." ~R. Alan Woods [2010] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#omission #r-alan-woods #savior #sinners #sins

In my opinion, we will always be sinners in need of our Savior, Jesus Christ." ~R. Alan Woods [2007] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#redemption #savior #sinners #r-alan-woods

If our emotional stability is based on what other people do or do not do, then we have no stability. If our emotional stability is based on love that is changeless and unalterable, then we attain the stability of God. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#love #love

If kids six and under eat free, then I’m an infant. Or at least infantile. Bring on the steaks.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cheap #cheater #children #dinner #discount

That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing, but you end up famished after the last notes of the finale. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#funny #humor #humorous #humour #life