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"Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power."
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"These demands of life are so universal that either we like it or not, we are going to come across them one way or another. The response we give determines what our lives become."
"Any church that is overly emphasizing the role of miracles is encouraging his members to be indolent."
"This is your life and you have the right and responsibility to make good decisions for yourself."
"We were not born the same, we are all not born with the same abilities and capabilities, but no matter what seed God has given to us, be it small or big, He expects a good returns from us in the end and we must endeavor to be good stewards and managers of our abilities and capabilities regardless of where we live and the challenges we face!"
"Some victims do need to "blame" themselves and take responsibility."
"The time is coming when each of us will have to give an account of our stewardship."
"Joblessness gives you life ownership."
"If you are straightforward, then others will have no choice but to be straightforward with you. If someone curses you, is he doing so at your responsibility? Is he doing so at God's responsibility? No. He curses you at his own responsibility. And if you were to curse back, then it will be at your responsibility."
"We turn our attention to the government and we whine about the incompetence of the police, we also complain about the breakdown in law and order. Yet, we forget that we actually had a role to play in the consequences we are reaping."
"Only you are responsible for your life and for your life and making it a happy life."
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"I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them."
"I went home and tried to sleep, but couldn't, so I stared up at the moon, watching how it's trailing edge faded into darkness, so close to being full, but not quite there. A pregnant moon, Grandma called it. Full almost to bursting, and ready to give birth to something unthinkable."
"And you know the darkness beyond despair, just as intimately as you know the soaring heights. Because in this and all universes, there is balance. You can't have the one without facing the other. And sometimes you think you can take it because the joy is worth the despair, and sometimes you know you can't take it and how did you ever think you could? And there is the dance; strength and weakness, confidence and desolation."
"And I think, if thoughts are worth a penny, how much less promises must be worth. Especially the ones you're likely to break."
"The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible."
"Lethargy. It's a word I know, because it's in one of my father's favorite expressions. Lethargy breeds lethargy. It means the more you lie around doing nothing, the more you want to lie around doing nothing. Your limbs and your mind feel so heavy that it becomes a major effort just to lift your arm to channel surf."
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