#ties

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#begins #cause #confidence #creates #downward

The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#choices #difficulties #due #face #faith

I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy. ↗

— Ben Stein

#bakery #buy #cheese #chicken #dairy

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#after #dreaming #excitement #form #imagination

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth. ↗

— Stendhal

#earth #events #french #least #most

I'm a huge fan of Eighties music. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#fan #huge #huge fan #i #music

The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#main #nature #our #parties #political

There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him. ↗

— Teena Marie

#bring #could #everything #friends #go

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage. ↗

— Ellen Terry

#asked #first #i #imagination #necessary

Faults are beauties in a lover's eye. ↗

— Theocritus

#eye #faults #lover