#ip

The greatest testament of a life lived is to be missed when you are gone. It is not something you can plan for or buy ahead of time. It is a sentiment that comes freely from the lives you touch in positive ways. ↗

— Brian MacLearn

#life #relationships #inspirational

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#gossip #inspirational #integrity #inspirational

Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

#friendship #inspirational #friendship

I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#distance #endure #inspirational #long-distance-love #love

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. ↗

— Anonymous

#god #hope #inspiration #kingdom #life

But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, unexplainably collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again, she suddenly felt nothing but pure compassion for him, a kindness and forgiveness that almost broke her heart. ↗

— Sana Krasikov

#love #relationships #forgiveness

I've decided that there isn't much difference in the way we treat our siblings and the way we treat our special someones. But at the end of it all we know our siblings have to forgive us...or they'll never be able to borrow our car. ↗

— Emma Daley

#loved-ones #marriage #relationships #family

Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to sacrifice even your highest principles for God's or your neighbour's sake the way a Christian pacifist must be willing to pick up a baseball bat if there's no other way to stop a man from savagely beating a child. Jesus didn't forgive his executioners on principle but because in some unimaginable way he was able to love them. 'Principle' is an even duller word than 'Religion'. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#ethics #jesus #love #morality #principles

If you trust every one you can trust no one. ↗

— Chloe Kayne

#enemies #friendship #trust #friendship

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#boomerang #cause #circle #effect #gossip