#iona

Love is an act of faith, not an exchange. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational #love #paulocoelho #faith

Never lose faith in the end of your story. ↗

— Steve Gutzler

#faith

You saw we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#family

We have, by God's grace, been given another day to serve and love, laugh and learn, pray and ponder. Spring is ready to burst into the open air, and we are ready to embrace it. ↗

— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

#religious #faith

Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#family #life #love #unconditional-love #family

My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be... Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon... Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity. ↗

— Ezra Taft Benson

#spiritual #family

George was full of hatred. Of his own weakness and stupidity, of his magic, of the stubbornness and the pride of Beatrice and Marit, and, last of all, hatred of Dr. Gharn, who had started it all. But the hatred swayed to pity. Then to hopelessness. Then back to anger. Every once in a great while, he felt a moment of peace, usually when he caught a glimpse of Beatrice and Marit together. He loved them both in different ways. But that could not be. He turned away, and the cycle began again. ↗

— Mette Ivie Harrison

#conflicting-emotions #despair #emotional-upheaval #hate #love

I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright, And round beneath it, Time, in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres, Like a vast shadow moved, in which the world And all her train were hurled. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#family

One cannot live on anger, my son. ↗

— Michelle Cohen Corasanti

#inspirational #life-and-living #anger

If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours. ↗

— Dustin Lance Black

#inspirational #screenwriter #speech #beauty