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    Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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    Genesis 50:20, Job 42:5-6 , Ecclesiastes 12:13, Luke 10:41-42, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 46:10
    I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. On the near side of complexity is simplistic; on the far...

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    Eugene H. Peterson
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    Romans 8:28, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, James 1:2-4, Philippians 4:11-12, Colossians 3:23-24, Proverbs 3:5-6
    The only opportunity you will ever have to live by faith is in the circumstances you are provided this very day: this house you live in, this family you find yourself in, this job you have been given,...

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    Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
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    Isaiah 43:19, Song of Solomon 4:7, Philippians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Psalm 147:3, Isaiah 61:3
    If the too obvious, too straight branches of Truth and Good are crushed or amputated and cannot reach the light—yet perhaps the . . . unexpected branches of Beauty will make their way through and soar...

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    Seth Godin
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    Jeremiah 29:11, Philippians 4:13, Proverbs 16:3, Romans 8:28, Galatians 6:7-8
    The myth seems to be that you’re born with some magic combination of parents, DNA, and lucky breaks, and they conspire to determine what you accomplish in life. Nonsense. And a good thing, too, becaus...

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    Will Durant
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    Proverbs 4:23, Daniel 6:3-4 , Exodus 35:30-35, Philippians 4:8, Colossians 3:23-24 , Psalm 1:1-3
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather have these because we have acted rightly; these virtues are formed in man by d...

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    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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    John 16:33, Proverbs 24:10, 1 Peter 5:10, Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Romans 5:3-5
    Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challeng...

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    Dallas Willard
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    Revelation 21:23, Colossians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Titus 2:11-12, Isaiah 61:3, Philippians 4:8, Psalm 27:4
    If your salvation does not include living with God in beauty, truth, and goodness, it’s going to be a very dry haul. And so much of our difficulty today for Christians in this world, and for the world...

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    E. B. White
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    Luke 2:6-7, Luke 2:8-14, Luke 1:46-55, Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 53:2-3, Matthew 6:19-21, John 2:13-16, 1 Samuel 16:7, Philippians 4:11-13, Mark 10:17-22
    To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year.

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    Benjamin Franklin
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    1 Timothy 6:6-10, Philippians 4:11-13, Proverbs 15:16, 1 Kings 21:1-16, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Philippians 4:11-13, Luke 12:15, Matthew 6:19-21, Psalm 37:16-17
    Contentment makes much of little; greed makes little of much. Contentment is the poor man’s riches and desire the rich man’s poverty.

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    A. W. Tozer
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    Matthew 17:20, Matthew 19:20, Mark 10:27, Luke 1:37, Luke 18:27, Colossians 3:23-24, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 4:13, Philippians 2:13
    God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible. What a pity that we plan only the things we can do by ourselves.

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    Fred Rogers
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    Acts 17:10-12, Mark 10:13-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Luke 10:25-37, Romans 12:2, Philippians 4:8
    Love is at the root of everything—all learning, all parenting, all relationships—love or the lack of it. And what we hear or see on the screen is part of who we become.

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    Paul David Tripp
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    Jeremiah 1:7-8, Hebrews 13:21, Deuteronomy 31:8, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Isaiah 41:10
    God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. He never sends you without going with you.

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    John O'Donohue
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    Isaiah 33:17, Psalm 90:17, Philippians 4:8, Song of Solomon 2:10-12, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Isaiah 6:13, Ecclesiastes 3:11
    When we lose sight of beauty our struggle becomes tired and functional. When we expect and engage the Beautiful, a new fluency is set free within us and between us. The heart becomes rekindled and our...

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    Karl Barth
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    Philippians 4:19, Psalm 46:1-2, Romans 5:6-8, Isaiah 41:10, Hebrews 4:16, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Matthew 14:13-21
    Total need requires total help

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    Oswald Chambers
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    James 5:13-16, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Matthew 26:41, Romans 12:12, Ephesians 6:18, Matthew 6:9-13, Matthew 5:44, 1 Timothy 2:8, Luke 6:27-28, Luke 11:1-4, Mark 6:9-13
    Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

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    Jennifer Tucker
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    Genesis 2:7, 1 Kings 19:11-12 , Ezekiel 37:9-10, Psalm 42:1-2 , Philippians 4:6-7, John 20:22
    Breath has a rhythm to it, a cadence of inhales and exhales. Prayer has a rhythm too, a cadence of inhaling God’s grace and exhaling our fears.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Philippians 4:13, 1 Peter 2:9, Colossians 3:10, Hebrews 11:1, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 2:20, Romans 10:9
    We are what we believe we are.

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    Blaise Pascal
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    1 Corinthians 13:13, Revelation 21:4, Philippians 4:8, Romans 12:2, Matthew 5:9, Isaiah 1:17
    Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.

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    Joshua Choonmin Kang
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    Micah 6:8, Psalm 34:18, 1 Peter 5:6-7, Proverbs 22:4, Philippians 4:7
    Humility brings peace, for when we reach the low place, we needn’t worry about falling down anymore.

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    Michael Gorman
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    2 Corinthians 11:23-30, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Philippians 4:11-12, Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, 2 Corinthians 6:4-5, 2 Timothy 3:10-12, Philippians 1:12, Philippians 3:8
    The sufferings of Paul are not interruptions to his mission but are intrinsic to it; through them the message of Christ crucified is embodied.

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    Andrew M. Davis
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    1 Peter 3:15, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 15:13, James 1:2-3, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
    It is no stretch to say that the Lord may orchestrate amazingly challenging circumstances for you and your family for the primary purpose of giving your supernatural hope and Christian contentment a p...

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    T. B. Joshua
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    Psalm 121:1-2, John 15:5, James 4:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Psalm 55:22, Philippians 4:19
    True humility means total dependence on God for everything.

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    Rick Warren
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    Proverbs 23:7, Romans 12:2, Philippians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Colossians 3:2, Matthew 22:37, Isaiah 26:3
    The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

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    Viktor E. Frankl
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    Matthew 5:10, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, James 2:15-17, Hebrews 13:3, Matthew 25:35-36, Philippians 4:12-13
    We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficie...

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    Helen Keller
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    Isaiah 61:3, Psalm 45:8, Philippians 4:8, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Ephesians 5:2, Proverbs 27:9
    Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same."

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    Eugene Peterson
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    Matthew 6:11, John 15:5, Philippians 4:19, John 6:1-14, Luke 11:5-9, Psalm 34:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9
    When we listen to and follow Jesus, who lived in continual dependence on his Father, we become convinced of our poverty as men and women. We realize our absolute neediness. We are all beggars. Father ...

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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    Matthew 21:22, 1 John 5:14-15, Philippians 4:6, Luke 11:9-10, John 15:7
    Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom.

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    Gerard Manley Hopkins
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    Hebrews 12:2, Romans 5:1, Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 64:6, Psalm 51:10, 1 John 1:8-9
    Myself unholy, from myself unholy to the sweet living of my friends I look—eye-greeting doves bright-counter to the rook, fresh sand to salt sand-teasing waters shoaly:—and they are purér, but alas! n...

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    Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
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    Jeremiah 29:13, Psalm 63:1-4, 1 Samuel 3:, Colossians 3:16, Philippians 4:8, Matthew 22:37-38
    To love God intellectually is to become a student of God—a student who really takes an interest in God. Have you ever noticed that a fair number of Christians are not particularly interested in God? S...

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    Author
    Eugene Peterson
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    Mark 2:1-12, John 4:1-42, Ruth 1:4, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Genesis 37:50, Isaiah 43:2, Philippians 4:6-7
    My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.
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