#passion

I wouldn't sing any of this if I didn't think it might help someone. Especially girls. It's so hard for girls - pressure to like this band or that band, dress like this but not like that - do whatever will make you blend into the wall. But girls are so passionate inside, waiting for an outlet - and that's what I try to encourage: be who you are, take control of your life. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#encouragement #flyleaf #girls #hard #help

Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life... ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#civilization #compassion #contempt #man #time

But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and die for it. And you will make a difference that lasts. You will not waste your life. ↗

— John Piper

#making-a-difference #passion #life

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but on the mastery of his passions. ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#life

How good life is when one does something good and just! ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#goodness #justice #kindness #life

...It also taught me that while cruelty can be fun for a few moments, compassion has a much longer shelf life. ↗

— Doreen Orion

#cruelty #empathy #teasing #life

I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free. ↗

— Mike Gayle

#love #passion #life

Let your passion in life be as conspicuous as the devilish grin on your face. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#life #passion #life

We’re always talking about following your passion. But we’re all part of the flow of history… you’ve got to put something back into the flow of history that’s going to help your community…People will say, this person didn’t just have a passion, he cared about making something that other people could benefit from. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#passion #life

To some extent a life of celibacy is a picture of how all of us are to live, containing our passions for God’s purposes. ↗

— Eric Metaxas

#sexuality #life