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The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#bible #commands #direct #exhortations #god

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#except #ideal #ideals #matter #nothing

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal. ↗

— Mark Lawrenson

#goal #goalkeeper #keep #matter #out

If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#been #cut #great #haven #heads

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. ↗

— Samuel Dash

#difference #doing #imagination #initiative #make

The essential difference with Builders is that they've found something to do that matters to them and are therefore so passionately engaged, they rise above the personality baggage that would otherwise hold them down. Whatever they are doing has so much meaning to them that the cause itself provides charisma and they plug into it as if it was electrical current. ↗

— Jerry Porras

#leadership #meaning #leadership

I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#chant #i #lot #makeup #pancake

My older siblings and I all work in 'the industry'. So obviously we have hectic schedules, but we make it work. ↗

— Lily Collins

#i #industry #make #obviously #older

It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#also #certain #exclusively #generalizations #human

The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God. ↗

— Arthur Young

#called #could #god #life #manifestation