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No investigation. No right to speak. |
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Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. |
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity |
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Before you run, check to see if the bulldog has teeth |
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A delay is not a denial |
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There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. |
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The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. |
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To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. |
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You’ve got to continue to grow, or you’ll find yourself like last night’s cornbread: STALE and DRY. |
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I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand. |
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Anything worth having is worth working for. |
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Belief |
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When you’re down to nothing, God is up to something. |
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Life shrinks or expands, according to our belief. |
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If you’re afraid to die, you will not be able to live. |
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Competition |
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If you're not a competitor, You've just got to go home. |
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Tall trees experience strong winds. |
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Courage |
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. |
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You cannot fix what you will not face |
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow |
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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. |
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Creativity |
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Let your imagination guide your work. |
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. |
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Do not follow the path. Go where there is no path to begin the trail. |
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. |
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If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got |
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You must dare to interrupt the cycle of the present; to move into the cycle of the future. |
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he(she) hears a different drummer. Let him (her) step to the music which he(she) hears, however measured or far away. (adapted) |
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Culture |
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If you don’t know where you come from, it’s difficult to assess where You are. It’s even more difficult to plan where you are going. |
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Diversity |
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To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. |
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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is a process; working together is a success |
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Divide and empower, in our world, must become define and empower. |
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When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. |
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If we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. |
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Where there is no difference, there is only indifference. |
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Everyone in the world smiles in the same language. |
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Evil |
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He(she) is fallen into the ditch which he (she) made. His (her) mischief shall return upon his (her) head. |
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Example |
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Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your God in heaven. |
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Faith |
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Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. |
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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? |
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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. |
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I will fear no evil, for thou art with me |
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Ask, and it shall be given you… |
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Because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. |
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When you’re down to nothing, God is up to something. |
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Life shrinks or expands, according to our belief. |
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Freedom |
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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. |
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Power concedes nothing without a demand |
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If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory; you not only won your fight, but you remain free. |
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Friendship |
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Friendships are treasures to be cherished, so be sure to value them. |
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I get by with a little help from my friends. |
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Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. |
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The only way to have a friend is to be one |
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The thing we surround ourselves with most frequently, becomes our power. |
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God's Power |
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If this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it. |
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Man's schemes are inferior to those made by heaven. |
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Because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. |
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When you’re down to nothing, God is up to something. |
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Healing & Helping |
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else. |
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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else |
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I get by with a little help from my friends. |
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Just as you did it to one of the least of these …you did it to me. |
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Hope |
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Hope is a beautiful treasure. |
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Humility |
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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord shall lift you up. |
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Justice |
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Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. |
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Leadership |
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. |
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Leadership |
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Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. |
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Love |
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Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand |
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To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God. |
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The success of love is in the loving, it is not in the result of loving. |
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Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. |
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One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel alright |
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We know that all things work together for good to those who love God. |
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Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are. |
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Meditation |
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Meditation: When we quiet the conscious mind to hear the Divine presence. |
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For a love to grow through the tests of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside. |
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Make time and space for quiet time, and then use it. |
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To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. |
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God is the friend of silence. See how nature - Trees, flowers, grass grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls. |
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Networking |
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The thing we surround ourselves with most frequently, becomes our power. |
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Opportunity |
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When one door closes, another one opens. |
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Failure is only an opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. |
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Power |
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Divide and empower, in our world, must become define and empower. |
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. |
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The thing we surround ourselves with most frequently, becomes our power. |
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He who controls images controls everything |
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Prayer |
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Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. |
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Pressing On |
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Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect; but …I press toward the mark. |
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Persistence breaks down resistance. |
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Purpose |
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Everybody is born to fulfill a divine purpose, and God has given us everything we will ever need to fulfill that purpose. |
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If rain doesn't fall, corn does not grow. |
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For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. |
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No one can uproot the tree which God has planted. |
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Life has two rules: Number 1, Never Quit! Number 2, Always remember rule Number 1 |
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Rest |
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And the Lord said unto them, Come aside into the desert place; and rest awhile. |
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Self Esteem |
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You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself |
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Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth |
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In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost. |
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No one can give you wisdom. You must discover it for yourself, on the journey through life, which no one can take for you. |
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. |
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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. |
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Set yourself as the standard. |
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One does not sell the land people walk on. |
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Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. |
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I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it". |
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You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You only decide how you’re going to live. Now. |
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I change myself, I change the world. |
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Self Determination |
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You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You only decide how you’re going to live. Now. |
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I change myself, I change the world. |
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Self Preservation |
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One does not sell the land people walk on. |
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Silence |
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Meditation: When we quiet the conscious mind to hear the Divine presence. |
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To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. |
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For a love to grow through the tests of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside. |
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Make time and space for quiet time, and then use it. |
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You don't always have to have something to say |
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Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose. |
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God is the friend of silence. See how nature - Trees, flowers, grass grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls. |
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Spirituality |
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The most sacred place isn't the church, the mosque or the temple; it's the temple of the body. That's where the spirit lives |
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Spiritual growth results from absorbing and digesting truth and putting it to practice in daily life |
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The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. |
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If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else |
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Serenity isn't freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm. |
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Spirit works on a full-time basis |
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within |
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Go behind the apparent circumstances of the situation and locate the love in yourself and in all others involved in the situation |
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Success |
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If you are willing to deal with the past, you can make the moment you are in rich |
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Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. |
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We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity. |
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True power comes through cooperation and silence. |
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Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished. |
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Failure is only an opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. |
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Persistence breaks down resistance. |
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If you are going to play the game properly, you’d better know every Rule. |
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Tested |
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Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you. |
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Thankfulness |
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Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good! The Lord's mercy endures forever. |
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I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. |
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Thought, Thinking |
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. |
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Value(s) |
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It doesn't have to glitter to be gold |
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Don’t find fault, find remedy. |
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A mind is like a parachute; it only serves it purpose when it's open. |
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people. |
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Waiting |
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But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
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Work |
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What doth it profit, my brethren (sisters), though one say he (she) hath faith, and have not works? |
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