The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.
God made only one you and He threw the mold away.
The more conscious of God's presence the more I feel like being myself, the less conscious of His presence, the more I feel I need to prove myself.
Love is a choice. Total forgiveness is a choice. It is not a feeling-at least at first-but is rather an act of the will. It is the choice to tear up the record of wrongs we have been keeping.
You are probably at your sanest when you come to the place where you abandon all else but your desire for God.
Detached forgiveness—there is a reduction in negative feelings toward the offender, but no reconciliation takes place. Limited forgiveness—there is a reduction in negative feelings toward the offender, and the relationship is partially restored, though there is a decrease in the emotional intensity of the relationship. Full forgiveness—there is a total cessation of negative feelings toward the offender, and the relationship is fully restored.
God is never too late, nor too early, but just on time.
All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle. . . is another riddle.
When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.
It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.
In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair.