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Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#faith

this sounds a little simple, but I think if we didnt know illness we wouldnt really feel the exhiliration of good health. and if we never cried, we wouldnt be able to recognize joy. in a way, the good only gains value when it is contrasted with the bad ↗

— Priscilla Warner

#hope #inspirational #life #faith

Do you know whether or not you are in God's grace? Joan: If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#grace #faith

Friendship is thinking of the other person first. ↗

— George Alexiou

#happiness #inspirational #integrity #joy #love

True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage as when under the greatest trials; then it is that true faith appears much more precious than gold, and upon this account is "found to praise and honour and glory. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#virtue #faith

Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them. ↗

— Irvin D. Yalom

#faith

God made you the way He wanted you to be and He does not make mistakes. He has a plan for your life that is much bigger than you can imagine. ↗

— Michele Woolley

#faith #favor #god #love #self-esteem

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully ↗

— Mason Cooley

#faith

Life is an act of faith. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#faith

Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#courtship #dignity #empowerment #happiness #husbands