#v

The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#suffering #men

Stop begging God to increase your territory when you can't even maintain the territory you already have. Work with what you got first. ↗

— Nakia R. Laushaul

#tough-love #inspirational

With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace. ↗

— Calvin Miller

#christianity #inspirational #jesus #love #peace

Love without truth and honor is licentious in nature. Love without commitment is promiscuous and fleeting. Love without virtue and understanding is savage and selfish. Love without respect is short-lived. Love without these conditions is without God. ↗

— David W. Stevens

#inspirational #love #inspirational

Everything is defeated before love. ↗

— Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

#eastern-orthodoxy #inspirational #love #spirituality #inspirational

The Sun never sets. It is we who rise think to shine. ↗

— Earle Birney

#motivational #inspirational

In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity? ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#inspiration #life_universe_everything #inspirational

In my fantasies, I was always caught up in heroic struggles, and I saw myself saving lives, sacrificing myself for others. I had far loftier ambitions than mere romance. ↗

— Irene Gut Opdyke

#inspirational #world-war-ii #inspirational

The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it. ↗

— Criss Jami

#despair #despair-hope #encouraging #facet #hope

Stay positive, all other choices are pointless punishments to your psyche. ↗

— Joe Peterson

#inspirational #positive-energy #positive-thinking #inspirational