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Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#bow #concerned #immediately #letters #much

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#day #enough #everything #once #one thing

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for. ↗

— Stanislaus I

#courage #difficulty #face #harder #kick

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation. ↗

— Constantin Stanislavski

#attention #mental #nothing #period #prolonged

Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#christ #focusing #him #important #loving

We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#either #god #his #molded #process

Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#attacks #become #bitterness #choice #disappointment

Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#absolute truth #accepted #always #disappointment #doubt

I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#courageous #decided #done #equal #greek

I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#although #convinced #down #fast #feet