#ore

God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find more ways to spend it. It's not so we can indulge ourselves and spoil our children. It's not so we can insulate ourselves from needing God's provision. It's so we can give and give generously (2 Corinthians 8:14; 9:11) ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#excess #generosity #giving #less #money

In those days, there was no money to buy books. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#memoir #reading #money

Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better? ↗

— Jane Nelson

#discipline #motivation #parenting #punishment #motivational

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#because #confusion #contrary #earlier #enjoys

Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#come #like #looks #movies #nobody

An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#bookstores #history #literature #philosophy #reading

At their core, things are essentially good. Except apples. At their core, they are trash. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#good #trash #change

Music, I think, he makes me feel like music ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#lauren-oliver #sam-kingston #music

Ah music,' he said, wiping his eyes. 'A magic beyond all we do here! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#music #music

Change is nature’s way of offering us the opportunity to explore the parameters of our humanity and potential. Don’t fight it, embrace it. There is a magical experience awaiting those who embrace this natural process. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#explore #happiness #life #opportunity #change