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"It is a sin to be poor."

Fillmore, Charles on poverty and the poor    Share

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"SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense"

Butterworth, Eric on sin
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"Sin is whatever obscures the soul."

Gide, Andre on sin    Share

"All sins cast long shadows."

Proverb, Irish on sin
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"Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on ostentation
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"A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better."

Beecher, Henry Ward on christians and christianity    Share

"He who is near the Church is often far from God."

Proverb, French on churches
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"The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people."

Shedd, Charlie on churches
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"I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop."

Thomson, James on churches    Share

"She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God."

Walker, Alice on churches
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"Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."

A Course In Miracles on peace
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"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

Chanel, Coco on uniqueness
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"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on greatness
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"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on love
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"Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that."

Hazlitt, William on hope
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"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on purpose    Share

"Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever."

Westminster Confession of Faith on purpose    Share

"The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you."

Carlyle, Thomas on purpose
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"It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted."

O'Connor, Mary on purpose
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"Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it."

Allen, James on purpose
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"To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully."

Allen, James on purpose
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"Many good purposes lie in the churchyard."

Henry, Philip on purpose    Share

"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

James, William on purpose
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"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."

Mandino, Og on adversity
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"As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain."

Quarius on materialism
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"The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration."

Ballou, Hosea on praise
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"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

Shaw, George Bernard on change
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"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."

Collier, Robert on adversity
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"This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."

Bacon, Francis on forgiveness
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"Forgiveness is the oil of relationships."

Mcdowell, Josh on forgiveness
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"The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action."

Marden, Orison Swett on forgiveness
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"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Gandhi, Mahatma on forgiveness
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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive."

Beecher, Henry Ward on forgiveness
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"A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive"

Harris, Sidney J. on forgiveness
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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."

Beecher, Henry Ward on forgiveness
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