We are all capable of living each day with a fiery passion and sense of purpose that radiates in our smile and voice.
Jesus was himself the one convincing and permanent miracle.
Be kind to everyone,becaus e everyone you meet is fighting a battle
Be kind to one another, because most of us are fighting a hard battle.
Ability involves responsibility; power, to its last particle, is duty.
The world cannot always understand one's profession of faith, but it can understand service.
Don't seek to lead people to a God you have ceased to believe in.
When we focus on the song of our soul and heart, then others will be touched similarly. Sometimes people wonder or worry whether people will like or approve of their creative expression. It's none of your business. It's your business to stay present and focused for the work of your deepest dreams. It might look crooked or strange, or be very odd- but if it delights you, then it is yours, and will find its way into other hearts.
I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror if I know I'm being followed. You don't respond like, 'Oh, there's paparazzi. ' It's more like, 'There's a man, and he's going to attack me. ' That's how your body responds.
I declare that this government is no longer a constitutional and moral form of government. I will deal with it, and I will obey its laws, and I will support it when it is defending our country from foreign and domestic enemies. I will vote in its elections and participate in its political debates. But I will never accept it. I aim at a restoration of constitutional and moral order.
Adaptation to one's environment makes for a sort of survival; but after all, the supreme victory is only won by those who prove themselves of so much hardier stuff than the rest that no power on earth is able to destroy them. The people who have really made history are the martyrs.