A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
Don't be so bitter about a bad experience from your past that you miss the opportunities in front of you.
It's more important to grow your income than cut your expenses. It's more important to grow your spirit that cut your dreams.
Money is just an idea.
Escape your situation through your mind and your actions.
People who refuse to open their minds to new strategies seldom become rich.
There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. ” In other words, it is better to lose your life than to waste it. If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.
Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.
Is it impossible to imagine Americans sneaking into Mexico en masse, seeking regular employment and a better way of life?
The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not granted by the governed, powers that made oppression possible, powers that it began to exercise in 1774 in response to colonial denial of them. The Revolution came about not to overthrow tyranny, but to prevent it.