"Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." Walter Anderson
Category: Quote of the day
Quote of the day: 4/20/17
“to shut [aging and the upward years] out, to try to be young, say, at 80, to pretend there’s no old age, then you miss something. You miss a quality that if you don’t have it, you haven’t lived a complete life” (Sarton 1991d, 195). Taken from "Of Creative Crones and Poetry:Developing Age Studies Through … Continue reading Quote of the day: 4/20/17
Quote of the day: 4/17/17
"Language remains a human act which makes other actions and choices possible: 'Only where there is language is there world,' 'We are our words' ('The Demon Lover"); 'Our words are jammed in an electric jungle;/sometimes, though, they rise and wheel croaking above the treetops' ('Ghazals'); 'I am thinking how we can use what we have/to invent … Continue reading Quote of the day: 4/17/17
Quote of the day: 4/16/17
“But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; on him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and by his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)
Quote of the day: 4/7/17
“God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds by using time and pressure. He is working on you too.” - Rick Warren
Quotes of the day: 4/3/17
"I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe." Flannery O'Connor
Quote of the day: 3/21/17
“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain
Quote of the day: 3/14/17
"With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark." Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Quote of the day: 3/6/17
“Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, ‘Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary’.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King
Quote of the day: 3/3/17
"People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again—but it finds a tougher surface." Willa Cather
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