In any given moment, a man's growth is optimized if he leans just beyond his edge, his capacity, his fear. He should not be too lazy, happily stagnating in the zone of security and comfort. Nor should he push far beyond his edge, stressing himself unnecessarily, unable to metabolize his experience. He should lean just slightly beyond the edge of fear and discomfort. Constantly. In everything he does.
In the end we can never be given knowledge by others; we can only be stimulated. We must develop our own knowledge.
If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.
Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty.
I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.
And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.
The raven hatches its young; the fish spew forth their eggs; the slim-waisted wasp transforms, and when a younger brother comes along the elder brother weeps. For too long I have not been able to work in harmony with these changes. So, given that I did not play my part in harmony with others, how could I expect to change people?
If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don't think one is usually given it in advance. "Give us our daily bread" (not an annuity for life) applies to spiritual gifts too; the little daily support for the daily trial. Life has to be taken day by day and hour by hour.
It is more or less a given that nothing is less favorable to clairvoyance than the bright sun: physical light and mental light coexist on very poor terms.
I guess destiny isn't the path chosen for us, but the path we chose for ourselves.
The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever.
Whatever you seize for yourself is worthless. Only what is given you has value.
Among the humble and great alike, those who achieve success do so not because fate and circumstance are especially kind to them. Often the reverse is true. They succeed because they do not whine over their fate but take whatever has been given to them and go on to make the most of their best.
Love is a given, hatred is acquired.
I feel much better, now that I've given up hope.
I am opposed to textbooks. . . I find it hateful to give a course where I have to plough my way through chapter after chapter of a given book. The liveliness of the lecture, which is meant to give an impetus to the sudents, would suffer tremendously.
I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked tail than God has a long white beard. Even the name, Satan, is just a name we have given to something basically nameless.
Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all.
What have you stuffed in your pants, MacKeltar?" she demanded. "Nothing that wasn't God-given," he replied stiffly. Gwen stared. "There's no way that's part of you. You must have gotten a sock or something stuck. Oh, my. " She pried her gaze from his groin.
