#prom

Nothing that comes to me is void of divine purpose. In seeking to see the whole with God's eyes, we can find the peace which human events so often destroy. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliott

#music

I said I’d drive to her place. But she lives in her car, so I don’t see why she couldn’t just drive her place to my place. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cars #compromise #funny #house #houses

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them. ↗

— Barry M. Goldwater

#compromise #god #lobbying #politics #preachers

Roza." His voice had that same wonderful lowness, the same accent . . . it was all just colder. "You forgot my first lesson: Don’t hesitate. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#dimitri #mead #richelle #vampire-academy #wonder

and sleeping put an end to summer, 1928, ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#dreams #promise #young #dreams

I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them. ↗

— Og Mandino

#job #promotion #career

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#mistakes

All the best, Sydney P.S. "The Red Hurricane" is what I named the car. P.P.S. Just because I like you, it doesn't mean I still don't think you're an evil creature of the night. You are. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #rose-hathaway #vampire-academy #vampire-academy-series #evil

Promise me you'll never go away. Promise me you'll always stay. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#my-number #never-go-away #promise-me #sara-quin #tegan-and-sara

Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#hell #incrementalism #hell