#les

God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though it’s not necessary for them to be good, it’s essential for them to appear good. ↗

— Erwin W. Lutzer

#hypocrisy #submission #forgiveness

For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless. ↗

— Ang Lee

#i #pretty #six #useless #weak

Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me. ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

#alabama #decades #doing #found #hard

Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home. ↗

— Eric Sevareid

#consultant #fifty #guy #home #miles

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#another #band #bit #chances #having

Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones. ↗

— Ivy Lee

#complete #completed #everything #getting #important

You can't beat The Beatles, you join 'em. ↗

— Peggy Lee

#beatles #join #you

You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons. ↗

— John Legend

#could #family #four #i #know

I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there's got to be one more way to really tick off my mom. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#childless #desire #divorced #figured #got

When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is. ↗

— Charlotte Lennox

#found #guilty #innocent #less #more